BOSTON — Contact hasn’t been Mark Vientos’ downside currently as a lot as driving the ball.
The Mets third baseman/DH started Monday a good 16-for-54 (.296) in Might, however with solely two extra-base hits for the month.
Vientos homered in opposition to the Cubs on Might 11 and adopted with a double the following evening in opposition to the Pirates.
“This is just part of the season where I am not driving the ball as much,” Vientos mentioned earlier than going 0-for-4 as DH in a 3-1 loss to the Pink Sox on Monday. “There’s probably going to be a part of the season where I am dropping the barrel every single time I hit.”
Vientos final season blasted 27 homers in 414 at-bats. He entered Monday with 5 in 158 at-bats.
“I don’t want him going out there trying to chase homers,” supervisor Carlos Mendoza mentioned. “I want him to continue to give a good approach and control the strike zone, get pitches to hit and put good swings on it and then they will come. But, yeah, it’s been a little on and off here.”
Mendoza downplayed this stretch of video games in opposition to three of MLB’s greatest offensive groups within the Yankees, Pink Sox and Dodgers. The Mets misplaced two of three video games to the Yankees over the weekend.
“I feel like nowadays there’s no soft spot anymore,” Mendoza mentioned. “It seems like every team you play is a good team, especially in the National League. It’s a pretty competitive league.”
The Mets will play subsequent week in opposition to the White Sox and Rockies, who started the day a mixed 49 video games under .500.
Nick Morabito and Jonah Tong have been named Jap League Participant of the Week and Pitcher of the Week, respectively, for Double-A Binghamton.
Morabito, a 22-year-old outfielder, was 12-for-26 (.462) with a 1.248 OPS for the week.
Tong, who earned the award for the second straight week, threw six scoreless innings in opposition to Hartford through which he struck out eight and walked two with two hits allowed.
The Mets haven’t misplaced three straight video games this season.
The 48-game stretch with out shedding three straight is the group’s longest since 2007, when the Mets went 56 video games into the season with out such a shedding streak.
