The Mets began the week hot offensively, putting up double-digit run totals in both Monday’s and Tuesday’s games in Detroit. They took two out of three from one of the best teams in the American League before dropping two out of three to the Reds to keep them hanging around in the NL Wild Card race. The bats have since cooled off…except Juan Soto. He’s still hitting like Juan Soto.
| Player | Last week | This week |
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| Luisangel Acuña, INF | — |  |
| Pete Alonso, 1B |  |
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| Francisco Alvarez, C |  |
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| Brett Baty, 2B/3B | |
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| Francisco Lindor, SS | |
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| Starling Marte, OF/DH | |
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| Ronny Mauricio, SS/3B | |
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| Jeff McNeil, 2B/OF | |
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| Cedric Mullins, OF | |
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| Brandon Nimmo, OF | |
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| Hayden Senger, C | |
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| Juan Soto, OF | |
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| Tyrone Taylor, OF | |
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| Luis Torrens, C | |
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| Mark Vientos, 3B | |
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| Jared Young, 1B/DH | — | |
We’ll begin with Juan Soto who was the Mets’ best hitter this week, earning a second consecutive fireball with a 302
wRC+ in 29 plate appearances. He began his week by hitting a grand slam in Monday’s game, which was somehow only the second grand slam of his career. He also tied his career high in RBIs in a single game with six. Not surprisingly, he leads the team in RBIs this week with nine in total. He also leads the team in hits (10) and runs scored (7) and is second on the team in walks with six. Soto went deep again in Tuesday’s victory and a third time in Sunday’s game, in which he brought the Mets within a run in the ninth. Soto also racked up another three stolen bases this week as well and is now one stolen base away from a 30-30 season; he even has an outside chance at a 40-40 season. The man has gone Ohtani mode.
Luis Torrens earns a fireball this week as well and like Soto, he was a key part of Monday’s victory in Detroit, going 3-for-3 with a double, two RBIs, and two runs scored. Torrens drove in five runs on five hits this week in just 13 plate appearances, including a home run in Tuesday’s victory. It’s a shame that he has hit the IL just when he was getting hot with the bat (which will be reflected in next week’s meter since it happened yesterday), but thankfully his injury is minor. Meanwhile Francisco Alvarez was activated from the injured list this week and looks fine behind the dish defensively, but logged just one hit in his first eight plate appearances with four strikeouts. Hayden Senger went 0-for-2 this week prior to Alvarez’s return.
It was another good week for Francisco Lindor, who has been a very consistent performer of late. Lindor put up a 176 wRC+ this week in 29 plate appearances. He led the team in walks with seven. He only drove in one run, but he scored five runs this week. Lindor being an on-base machine was particularly instrumental to the Mets’ victory in the series opener in Cincinnati, in which he reached base five times (three walks, a hit by pitch, and a double) and scored twice. Four of Lindor’s five hits this week were doubles. He also stole two bases and like Soto is inching ever closer to a 30-30 season—except for Lindor that would not be a new feat.
Pete Alonso is no longer tearing the cover off the ball, but he had a solid week with a 144 wRC+ in 28 plate appearances. Alonso had a good series in Detroit; he went deep twice in Tuesday’s game and went 3-for-4 in the series finale. Overall, four of his six hits this week went for extra bases. But Alonso did also strike out seven times and ground into two double plays.
Similarly, Mark Vientos has respectable overall numbers for the week—a 111 wRC+ in 22 plate appearances—but it still represents a cooling off from his fireball performance last week. Vientos’ big moment was a home run in Friday’s nailbiter that helped the Mets open up a 4-0 lead that they would need every bit of and more. Overall, he amassed four hits, three RBIs, two walks, and four runs scored.
Brett Baty had a so-so week, posting a 105 wRC+ in 21 plate appearances. His output was similar to Vientos’; he also drove in three runs this week, but he scored only one run. He had five hits, two of which went for extra bases, including a home run in Sunday’s game that got the Mets out to an early lead before Hunter Greene shut them down the rest of the way.
The Mets placed Tyrone Taylor on the injured list this week with a hamstring strain, which is a shame because he was hitting well prior to being sidelined. To replace him on the roster, they called up Jared Young, who hit a solo home run in Saturday’s game in his only plate appearance this week. When rosters expanded this week, Luisangel Acuña rejoined the team as well. He logged two singles in six plate appearances this week.
Taylor’s injury also hurts the Mets because Cedric Mullins continues to be, well, stinky. He went hitless in 16 plate appearances this week with five strikeouts. He did walk three times, score three runs, and steal a base, so it’s not like he produced nothing offensively, but his performance is still sufficiently awful to earn a second straight poop emoji. Starling Marte has fallen into a slump as well and joins Mullins in the poop emoji club, notching just one hit—a single—and an RBI in twelve plate appearances this week. It was also Marte who grounded into a game-ending double play on Sunday with the tying run in scoring position.
Jeff McNeil’s eight hits this week are second only to Soto for the team lead, so he is back in the green this week. But his power surge seems to have ended for now; seven of those eight hits were singles. McNeil also walked twice, scored three runs, and drove in three runs. He even got in on the stolen base action, swiping just his third base of the season.
Brandon Nimmo had kind of a mediocre week, putting up a 73 wRC+ in 28 plate appearances. Nimmo was part of the Mets’ big sixth inning on Monday, singling in Juan Soto to plate the Mets’ third run of the inning. He also singled in the ninth inning of Sunday’s game to keep that rally going before Starling Marte’s double play took the air out of it. Similar to McNeil, Nimmo racked up seven hits this week, but they were all singles. He walked twice, scored two runs, and drove in three runs this week.
Ronny Mauricio—somewhat of a forgotten man lately with Baty and Vientos both performing well—had just one plate appearance this week, in which he grounded into a double play.
