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By Brian Joura
For at least two years now, everyone has assumed that Brett Baty was going to be the Mets’ third baseman of the future and Mark Vientos was going to have to scrounge for playing time. And that may still be the way things play out in the long run. But Baty’s miserable 2023, combined with Vientos showing signs of life here down the stretch, makes one at least consider that Vientos could be the one to claim the starting job at the hot corner.
The Mets called up Vientos in mid-May and gave him sporadic playing time. The results were not pretty, as he had just a .229 BABIP along with a 28.6 K%. You’d have to hit quite a few home runs to make up for that combo and Vientos had just 1 HR in 49 PA.
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