Before Monday’s opener of the three-game series versus the Boston Red Sox at Citi Field beginning on Monday night, the Mets positioned designated player J.D. Martinez on the paternity list.
In his location, New York remembered DJ Stewart from Triple-A Syracuse and slotted him into Monday’s lineup, batting 8th and playing left field versus the right-hander Brayan Bello.
“Bello, he’s quite hard on right-handed players so entering into the series I understood that I was gon na offer a few of our righties a day due to the fact that we’re dealing with, not just today, however the guy tomorrow and particularly [Tanner] Houck the last day, their divides when you take a look at their numbers you wish to have as numerous left-handed players as possible therein,” stated supervisor Carlos Mendoza.
The Mets will lack Martinez for at the majority of 3 video games as he goes to the birth of his kid. That implies the veteran will likely miss out on the whole series versus his previous group and be back for a three-game set versus the Cincinnati Reds.
“It’s one of those where we got ta wait,” Mendoza stated about Martinez’s return timeline.
Martinez has actually been warming up at the plate just recently after scuffling a bit for the last 2 months. Over the last 7 video games, the 37-year-old is slashing.308/.379/.577 with 2 crowning achievement.
Even throughout his battles which saw him move down the batting order, Martinez was still efficient and drove in 31 operate on simply 39 hits in July and August.
After signing with the group late in the offseason and missing out on the very first month, the righty-swinging bat has 16 crowning achievement and 65 RBI while striking.252 with a. 777 OPS in 381 at-bats.
Stewart started the season with the Mets after a hot end to the 2023 season, however the outfielder had a hard time out of evictions this year and strike simply.172 with 5 crowning achievement and 19 RBI in 71 video games.
Optioned to Triple-A in late July (after New York traded for Jesse Winker), Stewart has actually played well for Syracuse and owns an.879 OPS in 22 video games.