Reese Kaplan -- There is Some Good Offensive News for the Mets

As bad as June was for the Mets when they went 12-16 against their opponents, believe it or not August was worse when they accrued an 11-17 record.  Ugh!  So instead of focusing on what’s gone wrong, let’s take a look at a few bright spots for this 2025 season.

When the Mets signed Juan Soto for the record setting contract, everyone who was a Mets fan was doing cartwheels and started hawking how the club was going to be fighting for a World Series berth in October. 

Well, things did not start off exactly as planned.  The batting average being significantly lower than his career mark was the first sign, but he also seemed to be having trouble coming up clutch to help the team score runs. 

Now the Mets are seeing the guy they hoped to see when they secured his long term future in Queens.  He’s already got 36 home runs (including a Grand Slam against the Tigers on Monday).  With his big day that tallied 6 RBIs he’s now up to 90 for the season on the first day of September. 

One thing that folks weren’t expecting from Soto was him becoming a dangerous baserunner.  He’s already got 26 stolen bases and the prospect of him having a 30-30 season is virtually a certainty. 

Now the Mets are not alone in these big number hitters.  Free agent to be Pete Alonso is on a pace for his best ever run production numbers.  On September 1st he’s hitting .267 with 31 home runs and 110 RBIs.  How many of each he’ll have by month’s end is anyone’s guess but that would be the second 30/100 player in the lineup. 

The one that might be a bit more of a stretch but entirely possible is the stat totals for Francisco Lindor.  As of September 1st he he’s already got 26 hme runs and 26 stolen bases, so the 30-30 season is eminently possible with 29 more days to get it done.  He is a bit low on the RBI total at 76 having spent much of the season leading off.  He would need to rally big time in RBIs for September to give the Mets a third 30/100 hitter in the lineup.

Not far off that pace but also a bit of a long shot is Brandon Nimmo.  He’s got 22 HRs and 77 RBVIs so he would need to hit home runs in clusters to get up to the 30 level.  If he does then those missing 23 RBIs would become possible if not probably. 

Unfortunately for the offense it pretty much ends there.  Brett Baty and Mark Vientos have shown more life in the last three weeks of August but there has been not much productivity out of center field, at catcher and from the bench.  Starling Marte was red hot for awhile but he’s coming off a few bad games.  Still, he leads the team in batting average but without much run production. 

Now if only the club could find some pitching...