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Jeff McNeil hasn\u2019t really been here before.<\/p>\n
Mets manager Carlos Mendoza kept McNeil out of the starting lineup again Tuesday night for the team\u2019s 4-2 loss to the Marlins at Citi Field. <\/p>\n
McNeil had briefly returned to the lineup during the Mets\u2019 6-5 win over the Phillies on Sunday in London and went 2-for-4 after sitting the previous four games.<\/p>\n
The Mets had faced four straight lefty starters in those four games that McNeil sat, and he returned against righty Taijuan Walker on Sunday. <\/p>\n
And with a lefty on the mound Tuesday in Jesus Luzardo, McNeil was back on the bench. <\/p>\n
Jose Iglesias started at second base instead.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s something I\u2019m not really used to,\u201d McNeil told The Post after the game. \u201cBut the team has been playing well this last week. Working on some things, had a good game the other day, and be back at it tomorrow.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mendoza said it\u2019s not just a lefty-righty platoon, despite how it appears.<\/p>\n
\u201cNo, not really,\u201d Mendoza said before Tuesday\u2019s game. \u201cI talked to him, knowing that we were going to face two lefties in these first two games of the series. I said \u2018You\u2019re gonna play against one.\u2019 I got Iglesias, who\u2019s playing well against lefties today, and then there\u2019s a good chance that Jeff plays [Wednesday] against a lefty.\u201d<\/p>\n
McNeil did get a chance on Tuesday, though. <\/p>\n
Trailing 3-2 in the seventh inning with a runner on first and one out, McNeil pinch hit for Iglesias with Marlins right-hander Anthony Bender on the mound. <\/p>\n
But the Marlins subsequently replaced Bender with southpaw Andrew Nardi, and McNeil promptly struck out.<\/p>\n
Mendoza had previously said during that four-game stretch that he was sitting McNeil to \u201cwork on some things,\u201d and later acknowledged that the break was \u201cmental\u201d as well.<\/p>\n
\u201cGood relationship [with Mendoza],\u201d McNeil said. \u201cKeeps letting me know that we\u2019re gonna need me to be me. Just trying to get back to that.\u201d<\/p>\n
McNeil has gotten off to a brutal start to the season, hitting just .231\/.298\/.322 with a .620 OPS. <\/p>\n
He won the batting title just two years ago, when he finished the 2022 season hitting .326\/.382\/.454 with an .836 OPS. <\/p>\n
But he regressed last year, and has fallen off a cliff this year. <\/p>\n
Iglesias, meanwhile, is hitting .435\/.480\/.522 with a 1.022 OPS in 25 plate appearances. <\/p>\n
He went 1-for-1 with a hit-by-pitch Tuesday.<\/p>\n
He is notably pulling the ball a career-high 40 percent of his batted balls, according to FanGraphs, and a career-low 20 percent of batted balls are line drives. <\/p>\n
McNeil actually has better splits against lefties than righties, owning a .265 average against southpaws compared to just .214 against righties.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m the kind of player, even when I won the batting title, I think I hit under .200 for one month,\u201d McNeil said. \u201cAt any point I can get back to hitting.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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