{"id":58636,"date":"2020-09-02T11:26:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-02T08:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/mets-jeff-mcneil-heating-up-after-getting-help-from-old-friend\/"},"modified":"2020-09-02T11:26:00","modified_gmt":"2020-09-02T08:26:00","slug":"mets-jeff-mcneil-heating-up-after-getting-help-from-old-friend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/mets-jeff-mcneil-heating-up-after-getting-help-from-old-friend\/","title":{"rendered":"#Mets\u2019 Jeff McNeil heating up after getting help from old friend"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Mets\u2019 Jeff McNeil heating up after getting help from old friend<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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September 2, 2020 |<\/span> 4:26am <\/p>\n

\n Jeff McNeil turned to an old friend for help in trying to resurrect his swing.<\/p>\n

After Sunday\u2019s doubleheader at Yankee Stadium, the slumping Mets utility man held a video call with Patrick Mazeika, the catcher who was a teammate for much of McNeil\u2019s minor league career. Mazeika, who is working out at the Mets\u2019 alternate training site in Brooklyn, suggested mechanical changes for McNeil, and the results were immedia<\/a>te.<\/p>\n

A day later McNeil went 2-for-4 with two doubles against the Marlins. McNeil, an All-Star last season, also went 3-for-4 with a scored run in the Mets\u2019 9-5 loss to the Orioles on Tuesday night at Camden Yards and has raised his average to .289. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe looked at some pitches that I hit for home runs last year and they are the same pitches I am rolling over this year and it all came down to body position,\u201d McNeil said before the Mets\u2019 loss. \u201cSo if I can get my body in the right spot during the swing, I am able to stay through the ball a lot more. I have been rolling over some pitches, so I just need to stay through the ball a little bit more and those power numbers will return.\u201d<\/p>\n

McNeil, an avid golfer, said his baseball swing needs to mimic his golf swing.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThey are very similar with my upper body and kind of leaning over the plate, so we got back to that and it felt really good,\u201d McNeil said. \u201cWe\u2019re going to just keep working on the stuff we\u2019re seeing in the videos and we\u2019re just trying to replicate that.\u201d <\/p>\n

J.D. Davis was absent from the starting lineup for a second straight game<\/a> after departing Sunday with left hip discomfort. Manager Luis Rojas indicated Davis still hadn\u2019t tested the hip in running drills. He was used as a pinch-hitter in the ninth and grounded out to second base. Luis Guillorme (2-for-4 with an RBI) started at third base.<\/p>\n

Michael Wacha is scheduled to start Wednesday\u2019s game against the Orioles. Rojas indicated he was waiting to see how Tuesday\u2019s game transpired before naming a starter for Thursday against the Yankees at Citi Field. Robert Gsellman and David Peterson would be the candidates to start that game. <\/p>\n

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Walker Lockett was claimed off waivers by the Mariners. The right-hander was designated for assignment by the Mets last week.<\/p>\n

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Hunter Strickland was designated for assignment, a day after returning to the Mets and pitching a shutout inning against the Marlins. The Mets used Strickland\u2019s roster spot on Tuesday night\u2019s starting pitcher, Ariel Jurado.\n <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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