The Mets went 1-5 this week, losing five games in a row before finally salvaging the series finale yesterday in walk-off fashion. The Mets put up a 117 wRC+ as a team this week, which is among the better marks in baseball, but were let down by their bullpen late on multiple occasions. It was a truly ghastly week for the Mets, but for the most part, it wasn’t because they did not hit enough.
Mark Vientos is the standout performer among the position players this week with a blistering 320 wRC+, leading the team by far. Vientos had four hits this week and all four were for extra bases, including two home runs, which represent his two runs batted in for the week. Vientos also walked twice and scored a team-leading four runs this week.
He has hit himself into a lot more playing time. Vientos’ playing time has come at the expense of Brett Baty , who had been mired in a massive slump but is showing some signs of life. Baty had just two hits this week in 13 plate appearances, but one of those was a home run.
He also walked twice, good for a 103 wRC+ for the week. In the Mets’ only win of the week yesterday, there were two heroes in their big ninth inning— Harrison Bader and Omar Narváez . Narváez was otherwise struggling this week; his walk-off yesterday was his only hit of the week and he reached base just one other time in seven plate appearances via a walk.
But the hit was a big one—and his first hit at Citi Field—so he gets upgraded to a side arrow for the week. B.
