The Mets’ leadoff spot has almost exclusively belonged to Brandon Nimmo this season when he has been in the lineup, but manager Mickey Callaway is reevaluating the situation.
On Friday, that meant a lineup card that showed Jeff McNeil in the leadoff spot and Nimmo sixth in the order. It marked only Nimmo’s second appearance this season at somewhere other than leadoff. Nimmo dropped to eighth for one game in an attempt to emerge from a slump.
“It’s something we have to be open-minded about,” Callaway said, referring to the leadoff spot. “Players go through ups and downs and if we can strategically use those two spots for those guys to be a better ballclub this day or that day or help one of them out, then we will.