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Now that the Mets have gotten one big aspect of their offense down, it’s time for them to get a little greedy.
As exciting as it is to see balls flying over fences at alarming rates, the situational hitting still leaves much to be desired. And if the Mets expect to kick their season into truly high gear in the near future, they’ll have to get that under control, preferably starting Friday in Atlanta.
That will take some hitting discipline to go along with a mindset that no runner should ever go un-plated.