{"id":101641,"date":"2025-07-29T08:48:15","date_gmt":"2025-07-29T08:48:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/101641\/"},"modified":"2025-07-29T08:48:15","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T08:48:15","slug":"what-were-hearing-about-the-mets-infield-including-mark-vientos-trade-value","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/101641\/","title":{"rendered":"What we\u2019re hearing about the Mets\u2019 infield, including Mark Vientos\u2019 trade value"},"content":{"rendered":"

SAN DIEGO \u2014 With the trade deadline days away, the Mets remain open<\/a> to trading one of their young infielders, including Mark Vientos, if the return is right. According to people briefed on the club\u2019s plans, the Mets would deal the 25-year-old Vientos for a rental only if it was a significant player coming back.<\/p>\n

The team values Vientos and the four years of additional team control he carries more highly than two months of most potential rentals. One league source, though, said the Mets preferred to trade Vientos rather than their better prospects.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo be honest with you, I feel like every year besides last year I\u2019m in trade talks,\u201d Vientos told The Athletic on Monday. \u201cIt\u2019s the same thing. I don\u2019t really care. All I\u2019m really focused on is just getting better. That\u2019s it.\u201d<\/p>\n

After a breakthrough 2024 season in which he hit 27 home runs in the regular season and five in the postseason, Vientos has endured a classic sophomore slump in 2025. He\u2019s lost his everyday role at third base, seeing more sporadic playing time at the hot corner and DH. He entered Monday batting .226 with a .280 on-base percentage and .638 OPS \u2014 the latter being nearly 200 points lower than his mark a season ago.<\/p>\n

He did put together a big night in New York\u2019s 7-6 loss in San Diego, driving a go-ahead grand slam to right field in the fifth inning \u2014 one at-bat after Fernando Tatis Jr. had robbed Vientos of a two-run homer to right.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m doubling down on my approach and what I want at the plate and staying convicted to it,\u201d Vientos said after the game. Naturally, Vientos\u2019 step backward in 2025 has affected his potential trade value.<\/p>\n

Naturally, that step backward has affected Vientos\u2019 potential trade value. One league source said Vientos must hit for power the way he did in 2024 to overcome his defensive shortcomings. That source viewed Vientos, Brett Baty and Ronny Mauricio in a similar bucket as bounce-back pieces.<\/p>\n

What explains Vientos\u2019 struggles this season? Analytically, while his plate discipline remains the same as last year, Vientos simply hasn\u2019t hit the ball hard as consistently as he did in 2024. He hasn\u2019t barreled the ball up as much.<\/p>\n

To fix that, Vientos has spent his time in the cage and on the field during batting practice focused intently on barreling the ball.<\/p>\n

\u201cOnce you start talking about things and making it a point of emphasis, they start to get better,\u201d co-hitting coach Eric Chavez said.<\/p>\n

Vientos said he got away from himself early in the season by trying too hard to one-up his 2024 campaign.<\/p>\n

\u201cBecause I had a great year last year, I think I was trying to be even better this year,\u201d he said. \u201cI think I was trying to be someone I wasn\u2019t, and now I\u2019m back to focusing on what I\u2019m good at, which is hitting the ball hard and driving it.\u201d<\/p>\n

While Vientos\u2019 barrel rate has increased over the past month \u2014 from 7.4 percent to 9.1 percent \u2014 he\u2019s still well behind last year\u2019s 14.1 percent.<\/p>\n

Vientos, who said in spring<\/a> that he had to acclimate to \u201cgetting love\u201d after his excellent season, is back to proving people wrong.<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel like I\u2019ve never been someone that\u2019s been liked,\u201d he said. \u201cI feel like last year was the first year that people were rooting for me. It\u2019s no different, to be honest with you. Going up through the minor leagues, I was always that guy that nobody really counted on. Last year I proved myself, and this year is the same thing. It\u2019s nothing new.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s not happy (with his production), but he also understands that he\u2019s got an opportunity when he\u2019s in the lineup to help us win baseball games,\u201d manager Carlos Mendoza said. \u201cHe continues to work, continues to grind and continues to make adjustments. He\u2019s a really good player and we\u2019re going to need him.\u201d<\/p>\n

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