Mets rookie Brett Baty’s rise has been literal, too.
On Monday, Baty blistered the hardest-hit ball of the night against the Yankees, crushing a Domingo German fastball 108 mph off the bat. But the smoked ball one-hopped second baseman Oswaldo Cabrera, who fielded it and threw Baty out.
The Mets could give Baty a chance to figure out an adjustment on the fly, even with Eduardo Escobar eligible to be activated from the injured list as soon as Friday. Showalter said Escobar might be used as a backup shortstop, which could make Yolmer Sanchez a roster casualty. With the switch-hitting Escobar — who has hit much better from the right side — and the lefty-hitting Baty, the Mets could have their third-base platoon until Luis Guillorme returns from the IL in the coming weeks.
Baty had a fine 2021 season, which began at High-A Brooklyn before he was promoted to Double-A Binghamton. He hit at both stops, with a combined .292 average and .382 on-base percentage.But in 91 games, the 2019 first-round pick swatted just 12 home runs. Among the 853 minor leaguers with at least 300 plate appearances last year, Baty’s 55.8 percent groundball rate, according to FanGraphs, was the 13th highest.
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