{"id":266202,"date":"2021-06-04T02:53:31","date_gmt":"2021-06-03T23:53:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/james-mccanns-offense-officially-arriving-for-mets\/"},"modified":"2021-06-04T02:53:31","modified_gmt":"2021-06-03T23:53:31","slug":"james-mccanns-offense-officially-arriving-for-mets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/james-mccanns-offense-officially-arriving-for-mets\/","title":{"rendered":"#James McCann’s offense officially arriving for Mets"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#James McCann’s offense officially arriving for Mets<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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SAN DIEGO \u2014 James McCann\u2019s torrid week at the plate has served as a reminder of how quickly a player\u2019s season can change.<\/p>\n

Stuck with a .514 OPS as the first game<\/a> of a doubleheader concluded last Thursday against the Rockies \u2014 and clinging to a lineup spot perhaps only because of Pete Alonso\u2019s injury-list stint that allowed McCann to play first base \u2014 McCann\u2019s body of work has since improved dramatically for the Mets.<\/p>\n

He entered Thursday\u2019s series<\/a> opener against the Padres at Petco Park on a 9-for-19 (.474) tear with two homers, boosting that OPS to a still-disapp<\/a>ointing but more palatable .650.<\/p>\n

McCann\u2019s surge has created maybe the only lineup debate manager Luis Rojas faces daily, as the injury-laden Mets in some instances have struggled just to fill the lineup card. McCann had lost playing time behind the plate to Tomas Nido in what has become a job share that could be here to stay, provided both players remain healthy and productive.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s getting back to the thing I do well, sticking to my approach, just trying to put a good swing on it,\u201d McCann said, when asked about his surge.<\/p>\n

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James McCann has found his swing after an early-season struggle.<\/figcaption>
Robert Salo<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s one of those things where you get away from who you are and your mechanics change a little bit and your approach changes and you try to do too much. It\u2019s just one of those things you have to go through at times. That is why you play 162 games.\u201d<\/p>\n

Of McCann\u2019s nine hits in his 19 at-bats before Thursday, seven were either straightaway or to the opposite field. He had pulled the ball for hits twice during that stretch, including one for a three-run homer against Madison Bumgarner in the first inning Wednesday in Arizona.<\/p>\n