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Vientos

Vientos’s homer came on a 65-mph fastball from Amed Rosario in the ninth. Mets fans were actually rooting against it, since it denied Brandon Nimmo the chance of coming up with multiple men on base to add to his total of nine RBI. It was Vientos’s third homer in 109 plate appearances this season. His numbers are on the way up — he’s hitting .320 in his last 13 games — but he’s still not really crushing the ball, at least against actual major league pitchers, like he did last year.

Vientos now has hits in 11 of his last 12 games and has gone 14-for-46 (.304) over that span with two home runs and 10 RBI. The process stats and plate discipline have been good for Vientos all season, so it’s nice to see the results start to fall into place. There is still some time to buy low in fantasy leagues.

Vientos was briefly the hero for the Mets in this one after hitting a shallow fly ball with the bases loaded and two out in the eighth inning that Dylan Crews dove for, missed, cleared the bases, and briefly put the Mets ahead. It was nice to see Vientos catch a break after a terrible first few weeks of the season and after the Mets fell victim to a faulty triple play earlier in this game on a missed call. Vientos also smoked a 106.0 mph single and 100.9 mph lineup earlier in this game, so hopefully he’s finally set to go on a hot streak.

Vientos, who is dealing with a groin injury, made his first start in three days and played nine innings for the first time in five days. To go along with the double tonight, he had a 337-foot flyout down the line that would have been a homer in seven ballparks.

Vientos is back at the hot corner and batting cleanup following a two-game absence due to a lingering groin issue. Brett Baty heads to the bench with Luisangel Acuña at the keystone. The 25-year-old third baseman has gotten off to an ice-cold start at the dish, so the hope here for fantasy managers is that the extra time off served as a bit of a mental and physical reset.

It’ll be Brett Baty at third base for the second straight contest on Monday night at Citi Field while Vientos continues to deal with a lingering groin issue. He was able to take batting practice and also fielded ground balls ahead of Monday’s game, so it’s possible he’ll be available off the bench, if needed.

As expected, Vientos will sit out Sunday’s series finale at Citi Field following an early exit from Saturday’s contest with groin discomfort. It’ll be Brett Baty taking over at the hot corner in his absence.

Vientos will take a seat and Brett Baty will very likely take his spot while he recovers. The 25-year-old suggested he wasn’t concerned about the injury, but his status going forward is undetermined. For now, consider Vientos day-to-day.

Vientos will likely be evaluated further to determine the status of the injury, but it’d be a surprise if he was in the lineup against St. Louis for the finale Sunday. Fantasy managers should be prepared for an absence of more than a game.

It was a 338-footer down the line and it was followed by three groundouts, so we wouldn’t say Vientos is back. He’s gotta start somewhere, though. Vientos is batting .152/.253/.258 through 18 games.