Mets Player Performance Meter: Position Players, August 31-September 13

There are no poop emojis to be found on this meter. There aren’t even any down arrows to be found on this meter. I think that might be a first? It’s a shame it took until [checks notes] September 2026 when the team is already well out of the playoff race to achieve this feat. But scoring double-digit runs four times in the past two weeks and having three contests in which the team hit three or more home runs over that same span will do it. The Mets are fifth in baseball in position player fWAR and tied

for third in baseball in wRC+ in this 12-game span, despite yesterday’s shutout loss. Juan Soto, still ramping up slowly from injury, isn’t even at the peak of his powers right now and they’re still doing this. What a weird baseball team.

Player	Last week	This week
Francisco Alvarez, C
Brett Baty, UTIL
Carson Benge, OF
Bo Bichette, 3B
A.J. Ewing, OF
Francisco Lindor, SS
Nick Morabito, OF	—
Christopher Morel, 1B/DH
Cristian Pache, OF
Marcus Semien, 2B
Juan Soto, OF
Luis Torrens, C
Mark Vientos, 1B/3B
Jared Young, 1B/DH

We’ll start with A.J. Ewing, who has probably had the starkest turnaround of anyone on the roster from the last meter to this one. Ewing was mired in a months long slump and he has finally broken out of it to the tune of a fantastic 174 wRC+ in his last 45 plate appearances. He’s already hit two home runs in the month of September after not hitting any at all in the month of August. In the Marlins series, Ewing had two three-hit games, driving in five in those two games alone. Overall, he leads the team in hits with 15. He has driven in nine runs in total, scored eight runs, walked four times, and stolen a base. He has continued to hit the ball decently hard this whole time, and the hits are finally starting to come in bunches for him in the season’s final month.

Meanwhile, Carson Benge has cooled off some as he tries to make his final push for the NL Rookie of the Year title. Though Benge is one of many Mets with double digit hits, he has just a .213 batting average in his last 54 plate appearances with six walks and only two extra-base hits—good for a 79 wRC+. He has scored seven runs, but driven in just three and struck out a whopping 16 times to lead the team. He was right on the cusp of red arrow territory, but he does lead the team in stolen bases with three and continues to make Superman style catches in the outfield.

But the third—perhaps less heralded—rookie on the team Nick Morabito is hitting extremely well, putting up a 121 wRC+ in 22 plate appearances. Morabito was called up when rosters expanded and has comported himself well in the big leagues with his big highlight being a bases-clearing double that gave the Mets some key insurance in the victory in the final game of the Rays series. That was the only one of his five hits that went for extra bases, but he also walked three times and scored three runs.

But despite also only having 22 plate appearances over the past 12 games, one could argue that Brett Baty is the hottest hitter on the team with his 236 wRC+ in that span. In the same game as Morabito’s big RBI extra-base hit, Baty also hit a bases-clearing double in the third that gave the Mets a 6-0 lead at the time. In fact, despite having less than half of the plate appearances as the everyday players, Baty is second on the team in RBIs over this two-week span with ten. That’s because of his seven hits, all but one of them went for extra bases: four doubles and two home runs. Baty has been making contact with the ball; he has struck out just twice in those 22 plate appearances.

Since returning from the injured list, Mark Vientos has also been reduced to a part-time role, but has performed well. He has four hits, including two home runs, and two walks in 16 plate appearances. He has also scored three times and driven in four runs. Jared Young continues to see the lion’s share of the at-bats at first base and he has earned it by continuing to hit. Young put up a 110 wRC+ in 42 plate appearances over the past two weeks, leading the team in runs scored with 12. He also walked five times and drove in three runs. Of his ten hits, two went for extra bases, including the final home run of Saturday’s dinger bonanza against the Yankees.

Speaking of that dinger bonanza, it is no surprise that Francisco Lindor leads the team in RBIs with thirteen. That includes two home runs on Saturday—a grand slam and a solo shot. In fact, all 12 of Lindor’s hits are either singles or home runs. He also leads the team in long balls with six and is second only to Young for the team lead in runs scored with ten. With a 129 wRC+ in his last 59 plate appearances, the Mets’ shortstop is in his usual second half groove.

Nestled right between Ewing’s team-leading 15 hits and Lindor’s 12 hits is Bo Bichette’s 13 hits—the second-highest mark on the team. Four of those 13 hits went for extra bases, including two home runs. Bichette scored eight runs and drove in seven runs. Bichette is also tied with Benge for the team lead in walks with six. All told, Bichette put up a 118 wRC+ in 55 plate appearances as he continues to have a solid second half.

Of the Mets’ big hitters, Juan Soto has ironically put up the worst numbers over the past two weeks with a 90 wRC+ in 54 plate appearances. He hasn’t been quite 100% since coming off the injured list, but he is still Juan Soto, as evidenced by his moonshot that was one of the Mets’ six home runs on Saturday. That home run was one of three home runs for Soto—the only Met besides Lindor to go deep more than twice over the past two weeks. Soto also hit two doubles, making half of his ten total hits extra-base hits. Soto scored nine runs and drove in six runs. He also reached base via the walk six times to match Benge and Bichette’s total, but one of those walks was intentional. Unfortunately Soto leads the team with three double plays grounded into, but he did steal a base, which is a good sign that his calf is feeling good.

Francisco Alvarez bounced back from his poop emoji mark from the last meter with an unremarkable but solid 84 wRC+ in 31 plate appearances. His six hits include four singles and two home runs. He scored three runs and drove in four. Unfortunately, he is also back to striking out a lot. He struck out 12 times against just two walks. Meanwhile, Luis Torrens has stayed hot with five hits and a walk in just 17 plate appearances. Three of those five hits went for extra bases—two doubles and a home run. Torrens drove in a whopping seven runs in just six games and all seven of those RBIs came in two of those games. He drove in four runs in the Mets’ wild victory in the series finale in Miami and then followed that up with a three-RBI performance at Yankee Stadium on Saturday in which he was responsible for one of the Mets’ six home runs.

Christopher Morel had just 11 plate appearances and appeared in only five of the Mets’ 12 games covered by this meter, but he had the game of his life in the insane series finale in Miami in which the Mets and Marlins combined for 39 hits. Morel had three of those hits, including a home run in the third inning and a crucial RBI single in the seventh that helped see the Mets go back in front (ultimately for good, but just barely). Morel had just one other hit in the four other games he played in combined.

Marcus Semien continues to putter along playing mostly every day and putting up okay-but-not-great offensive numbers. In 45 plate appearances, he posted an 87 wRC+. He racked up nine hits—six singles and three doubles—driving in three runs and scoring eight runs. He also walked five times while striking out only three times.

Cristian Pache is batting 1.000 for this meter; he hit a single in his only plate appearance over this two-week span and scored a run. He appeared in four games in total.