Jeff McNeil benefited from a late surge last season and he again was enjoying an August bounce — at least until he went 0-for-4 Wednesday in a 7-0 loss.
The Mets utilityman entered the game on a seven-game hitting streak and was 24-for-65 with a .908 OPS over his previous 16 games.“I don’t think there is any one set reason,” manager Buck Showalter said. “You can talk about selectivity, I think he’s hit the ball the other way a lot, not trying to hit home runs. … I just think more than anything it’s a real good hitter starting to reach his track record. Sooner or later it was going to happen.
This season, McNeil began with an underwhelming four-month stretch and had an anemic .658 OPS as July concluded. “It was pretty upsetting, but, hey, now we’re here, so it’s OK,” Reid-Foley said before he pitched a 1-2-3 eighth inning with one strikeout.“After my week in Scranton I had to get rid of it,” Reid-Foley said, referring to two rough outings. “I didn’t deserve it, but it will be back.”
Edwin Diaz threw off a bullpen mound Wednesday, according to Showalter, and team officials are now considering whether he is ready for the next step in his progression. Diaz is rehabbing from right patellar tendon surgery in March, and a September return for the All-Star closer hasn’t been ruled out.His career-best for homers in a month is 11, in 27 games in September 2019.
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