{"id":69611,"date":"2025-06-13T07:44:39","date_gmt":"2025-06-13T07:44:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=69611"},"modified":"2025-06-13T07:45:02","modified_gmt":"2025-06-13T07:45:02","slug":"mets-brandon-nimmo-finding-groove-batting-in-front-of-juan-soto-pete-alonso-its-been-really-nice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=69611","title":{"rendered":"Mets\u2019 Brandon Nimmo finding groove batting in front of Juan Soto, Pete Alonso: &#8216;It&#8217;s been really nice&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/RiSWib5C47N5n05H0PEzQw--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTY0MDtoPTQyNztjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/ny_post_sports_articles_389\/d871319e1295ccf40c078003feb462da\" alt=\"Juan Soto hits first homer in three weeks after going back-to-back with Brandon Nimmo - Yahoo Sports\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Brandon Nimmo<\/strong>\u2019s early-season struggles appear to officially be behind him.<\/p>\n<p>The left-handed hitting outfielder lifted another home run during Thursday afternoon\u2019s win over the Nationals at Citi Field &#8212; helping the Mets secure their sixth consecutive victory and back-to-back series sweeps.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Nimmo\u2019s now gone deep three times over the last two games, and he\u2019s driven in a total of 14 runs against Washington this season.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou always love to have the results,\u201d he told SNY&#8217;s Steve Gelbs postgame. \u201cIt\u2019s nice to have the process and we keep trusting it. Fortunately I\u2019ve been here long enough that I understand how Citi Field plays early in the summer and it\u2019s fun starting to see the ball fly now.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s just about trusting the process and now we\u2019re getting some good results.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While some of those results certainly have to be credited to the ball carrying more &#8212; you also have to give a tip of the cap to manager <strong>Carlos Mendoza<\/strong> for flipping the order around when the Mets needed a spark.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Nimmo appeared to be trying to do too much out of the cleanup spot &#8212; but he\u2019s quickly found himself a new home, setting the table for <strong>Juan Soto<\/strong> and <strong>Pete Alonso<\/strong> in the second spot in the order.<\/p>\n<p>After picking up two more knocks on Thursday, the 32-year-old is now hitting .381 with three doubles, four homers, eight RBI, a .458 on-base percentage, and a 1.196 OPS in 12 games in the two-hole.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s been really nice, I\u2019ve been able to get on-base and contribute,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019m just trying to help out however I can, whatever the situation dictates &#8212; but it\u2019s always nice hitting in front of Soto and Alonso, they\u2019re two of the best hitters in the game.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And it\u2019s not just Nimmo who has been enjoying the new configuration &#8212; as Soto is finally looking more and more like himself and Alonso continues picking up big hit after big hit when this group needs it the most.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jeff McNeil<\/strong> has been on an absolute tear of late as well &#8212; lifting a homer of his own Thursday to bring his OPS up to .911 on the season.<\/p>\n<p>They&#8217;ll look to keep the good times rolling during a weekend set with the red-hot Tampa Bay Rays.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After a slow start, Brandon Nimmo has found his footing hitting out of the second spot in the Mets&#8217; order.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":69616,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[2188,2331,2166,25,2137,285,2120,2332],"class_list":["post-69611","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb","tag-brandon-nimmo","tag-citi-field","tag-jeff-mcneil","tag-juan-soto","tag-mets","tag-pete-alonso","tag-tampa-bay-rays","tag-the-nationals"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - 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