After selling-off the majority of their veteran pieces ahead of the trade deadline, the Mets opened up some opportunities for more playing time, and one of the players who has been taking full advantage of his chance is DJ Stewart.
The sweet-swinging lefty, who has spent the majority of his career playing under Buck Showalter, has been in a groove at the plate.
He continued his recent hot stretch in Monday’s series opening win over the National League leading Braves. Stewart crushed a two-run homer off Allan Winans in his first at-bat of the game to give the Mets an early lead.