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On Wednesday morning, manager Carlos Mendoza surveyed the fringes of the Mets position-player group and acknowledged, \u201cIt\u2019s not going to be an easy decision\u201d regarding who leaves when Jeff McNeil returns, which is expected Friday.<\/p>\n
By Wednesday afternoon, Brett Baty had made that already-hard decision a little bit more difficult.<\/p>\n
In what essentially amounted to the final tryout before a more definitive roster is decided by Friday, Baty added one last item to his r\u00e9sum\u00e9: his first home run of the season, one that was demolished.<\/p>\n
In the second inning against Phillies ace Zack Wheeler, Baty saw a cutter cut across the plate and hammered it to the second deck in right field for a two-run dinger that left his bat at 113.9 mph \u2014 the hardest-hit ball of Baty\u2019s major league career, the hardest-hit homer by a Met this season and the eighth hardest-hit homer by anyone this year.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s one of the ones where you don\u2019t even feel it coming off the barrel,\u201d Baty said after he was responsible for the only runs scored off Wheeler in an eventual 4-3, 10-inning win at Citi Field.<\/p>\n
The homer gave the Mets a chance in the game and may have given Baty a stronger chance of sticking. <\/p>\n
The Mets likely will make room for McNeil either through optioning Baty or Luisangel Acu\u00f1a or designating Jos\u00e9 Az\u00f3car for assignment (which would open up a fourth outfield spot for Acu\u00f1a).<\/p>\n
Several weeks ago, the Mets would have had no second thoughts about demoting either Baty or Acu\u00f1a. <\/p>\n
But both have come on strong \u2014 Baty elevating his OPS from .238 to .598 in his past 11 games in which he has gone 9-for-33 (.273) with the homer, triple and two doubles, and Acu\u00f1a (who pinch hit for Baty in the seventh and went 1-for-2) showing signs his bat has come around, when his defense and baserunning already were established.<\/p>\n
Baty \u2014 a first-round pick in 2019 who consistently has stumbled with his big league chances \u2014 might be figuring it out.<\/p>\n
\u201cI felt like I was just in between pitches for the first couple of weeks,\u201d Baty said in looking back on a rough beginning to his season, \u201cand then these past couple of weeks, I\u2019ve just swung with more conviction.\u201d<\/p>\n
He has been a threat in the batter\u2019s box. <\/p>\n
He has played solid defense at second base and at third base. <\/p>\n
He has done what has been asked \u2014 but so has Acu\u00f1a.<\/p>\n
Az\u00f3car, meanwhile, has received just seven at-bats but tallied three hits. <\/p>\n
The 28-year-old played three seasons with the Padres and has a history of being a solid defender at three outfield positions, which is valuable.<\/p>\n
Because he can no longer be optioned to the minor leagues, he likely would be lost on waivers if exposed, while Baty or Acu\u00f1a would remain in the organization if sent down.<\/p>\n
Baty acknowledged the uncertainty is \u201creally hard\u201d and said he has tried focusing solely on the game.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s part of the business, it\u2019s what we signed up for, so I can\u2019t really do anything about it,\u201d Baty said. \u201cJust gotta go out there and try to win games.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Mets were leaving for Washington on Wednesday night for a series that begins Friday. <\/p>\n
It was unclear if the entire current roster was making the trip.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve got to go back and talk to David [Stearns] now and see what we\u2019re going to do,\u201d Mendoza said. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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