Largely overlooked in the Mets offensive renaissance is that Lucas Duda has not been a part of it. But he really needs to step it up to give the Mets their best chance of advancing in the playoffs.
Duda’s towering home run against the Yankees last Friday was his first one in more than a month. To be fair, he did miss a couple of those weeks with a back injury. But still, he has become a hole in a lineup that suddenly does not really have any.