{"id":288101,"date":"2021-07-01T03:28:13","date_gmt":"2021-07-01T00:28:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/what-mets-new-hitting-coach-wants-from-struggling-lineup\/"},"modified":"2021-07-01T03:28:13","modified_gmt":"2021-07-01T00:28:13","slug":"what-mets-new-hitting-coach-wants-from-struggling-lineup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/what-mets-new-hitting-coach-wants-from-struggling-lineup\/","title":{"rendered":"#What Mets’ new hitting coach wants from struggling lineup"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#What Mets’ new hitting coach wants from struggling lineup<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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ATLANTA \u2014 As the Mets struggle to elevate their offensive production to a respectable level, hitting coach Hugh Quattlebaum wants his crew to stay patient.<\/p>\n

The Mets entered play 29th in MLB in scoring, averaging 3.6 runs per game<\/a> \u2014 only the Pirates were behind them. Quattlebaum was asked Wednesday about his confidence level the Mets would soon average four-plus runs consistently.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat is being results minded and that is what we don\u2019t want to be right now,\u201d Quattlebaum said before the Mets faced the Braves at Truist Park. \u201cWhen the results aren\u2019t what you want them to be, that is what this game, everything on that [scoreboard] wants to yank you to results, and that is not what we want to be right now.\u201d<\/p>\n

Quattlebaum, who replaced Chili Davis as hitting coach on May 4, has presided over a banged-up lineup that hasn\u2019t been whole during his tenure. Michael Conforto and Jeff McNeil each missed over a month with hamstring injuries and just returned to the lineup in the last week to 10 days. Two other starters, Brandon Nimmo and J.D. Davis, are on rehab assignments with Trip<\/a>le-A Syracuse.<\/p>\n

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But it hasn\u2019t been just injuries that have derailed the Mets, as players such as Francisco Lindor, Dominic Smith and James McCann have failed to live up to their reputations offensively. McNeil and Conforto have also struggled when healthy.<\/p>\n

\u201cMost of the lineup probably doesn\u2019t feel as good as they have felt in their career,\u201d Quattlebaum said. \u201cWhen you don\u2019t have anybody that feels like they are clicking, you are paying more attention to the results and you are distracted a little bit more and distractions when you are in the box, maybe mechanics creep in a little bit more because you want to feel this or that. It\u2019s just general<\/a>ly the place you don\u2019t want to be.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe biggest thing for us is we\u2019re focused on the process. Not just what is going to work in the next 24 minutes, 24 hours, but what gives us the best chance for sustained success through the rest of this year.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Mets had a .688 OPS under Davis\u2019 guidance for 23 games. That number had dropped to .676 entering Wednesday.<\/p>\n

But acting general manager Zack Scott reached the decision to fire Davis and assistant hitting coach Tom Slater based on the team\u2019s app<\/a>roach, opting to move in a more analytically based direction.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am really pleased with the process that is going on behind the scenes,\u201d Scott said. \u201cThe way I look at a hitting coach\u2019s job or their process is when things aren\u2019t going right, identify what\u2019s not going right, be able to communicate that and come up with the right drills to get the player back on track.<\/p>\n