While Jeff McNeil returns from the oblique strain suffered spring training, the Mets continue to seek offensive from the second base.
Both Brett Bitch and Luisangel Acuña have disappointed on the dish in the absence of McNeil.
Instead of forming a left -handed squad for Carlos Mendoza, the young duo has mostly stirred on the plate.
The Mets entered Monday against the Marlins with the worst OPS between the second base in the major (.306), and the two have combined to go 4 of 35 with a walk and 11 strikeouts.
Acuña then left and left without success with an error in a land in the seventh entry of a 2-0 victory over the Marlins in Citi Field on Monday night.
That lack of production has been masked a bit when having Juan Soto, Pete Alonso and Brandon Nimmo ahead of them, as well as Francisco Lindor, who believe they are warming up.
The president of baseball operations, David Stearns, said before the game that he hoped that one of Bitch or Acuña would seize the position until the return of McNeil, which he considers a week, since he has not been able to hit the inclemence due to the.
“Offensively, both players would not have liked them,” said Stearns. “Brett really had a Hot Spring training and we saw the type of potential and the quality of the spin shifts he had. For him, he is just returning to that approach and seeing some results. That is a great party at the level of the big leagues. He will need to get that.”
Baty’s struggles occur after it collapsed last season after winning the initial work in the third base and then lost the place to mark winds, who, like Bitch and Acuña, has the Goths in the ugly beginning on the plate.
“If we can make some successes fall into both types, hopefully we can put one of them on a streak here,” said Stearns.
And it made it clear that I would prefer to see one of them take control of the second base for now.
“I would love to see one of them take advantage of bat and performance shifts,” Stearns said. “That is what some like Mark winds did last year when he had a chance and solidified a place at the level of the big leagues. You would love to see that of young players. I also understand that you can’t always take advantage of the moment exactly what we want.”
Stearns said he has been satisfied with both players in defense, noting that Bally has adapted to the new faster position than expected, considering his lack of game time there, only in the minors.
Every time McNeil returns, one of them will probably return to Triple-A Syracuse.
“For these two types, if one of them finds his way back to the minor leagues at some point when we become complete, there will be other opportunities,” said Stearns. Leagues and get another opportunity. But I would love to see one or both in a very high performance before we have to make decisions and show that they will really contribute through the course of one year. ”
Mendoza has to discover how to make the most of the place in the alignment, which Meean was with the Acuña that swings to the right on Monday, just although Miami began to the right Valente Beautiful.
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