The New York Mets does not tolerate players who do not give 100% on the field.
Mark Vientos, Mets’ burgeoning star third Baseman, was publicly called by his manager after not driving hard under a ground ball to the third base on Tuesday.
During Mets’ loss to Marlin’s jogged Vientos to the first base when Miamis Graham Pauley fumbled the ball. Vientos noticed and kicked it into another gear, but it was all for nothing when Pauley threw him out of what should have been a mistake.
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The New York Mets third Baseman Mark Vientos (27) scores a race during the game against Houston Astros at Daikin Park. (Troy Taormina-Preferred Pictures)
Vientos told journalists on Wednesday that he was not only rebuked by his manager, Carlos Mendoza, but also team captain Francisco Lindor and first bass coach Antoan Richardson after the game not to run hard on the ground.
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“It’s unacceptable,” he told journalists. “It won’t happen again.”
Vientos admitted that he did not try to run his hardest when he saw the ball chop down to the third base.
The New York Mets Third Base Mark Vientos (27) goes to load the bases against Houston Astros Pitcher Bryan Abreu (52) in the eighth round at Daikin Park. (Thomas Shea-Images Images)
“I hit it to the third base and started jogging out of the box, coast,” Vientos explained. “Then I heard the audience give a reaction as if he fell it, but at that time it was too late. I should have sprinted from [start]Just when he hit it. “
Vientos flourished for Met’s last season, where he had a breakout year with a .266/.322/.516 slash, 27 homers and 71 RBI over 111 regular seasonal matches.
He also got hot in the mail season and went 18 for 55 with five homers and 14 RBI in Mets’ race to NLCS.
New York Mets Third Baseman Mark Vientos (27) runs to the first base on an RBI double during the second round against Houston Astros in Daikin Park. (Troy Taormina-Preferred Pictures)
It has been a slow start to the 2025 campaign for the 25-year-old as he has only two hits over 19 bats in five games.
