The Mets didn’t give Tomás Nido nearly enough playing time last season. It was an understandable decision: In parts of three seasons entering 2020, Nido demonstrated a perfectly capable glove behind the plate and a wholly incapable bat. In 144 plate appearances over 50 games in 2019, Nido hit .191/.231/.316, recording just a 40 wRC+.
And then he turned it on in 2020. In 26 plate appearances over nine games, Nido hit .292/.346/.583, rocketing to a 149 wRC+ while still showing plus-defense. The caveat to Nido’s Piazza-like stretch is that it was only over nine games, which isn’t nearly enough time to determine whether Nido suddenly turned into a serviceable big-league hitter.