SAN DIEGO — Khalil Lee was struggling badly sufficient final month that he was demoted from Triple-A Syracuse to Excessive-A St. Lucie.
On Wednesday the 23-year-old outfielder was recalled by the Mets, giving the crew one other wanted place participant with Pete Alonso and Starling Marte sidelined, however not on the injured record.
Lee changed Brandon Nimmo in middle subject within the seventh inning and grounded out within the eighth inning of the Mets’ 13-2 blowout loss to the Padres Wednesday.
Lee spent per week in Might in Port St. Lucie to work on his swing, and thrived after returning to Syracuse. Over his final 19 video games for Syracuse, he had a .311/.414/.623 slash line with 4 homers and 19 RBIs.
“He discovered his timing and his rhythm again, he was principally engaged on some stuff to get his fluidity and rhythm again,” Mets director of hitting improvement Hugh Quattlebaum stated. “His swing is clean … it seems to be extra like a sudden explosion than a buildup and there's a lot of energy there and when he will get too quiet or too easy with it, he was doing a toe faucet and shedding his timing, he was just a little bit afterward fastballs than he usually is.
“He went down [to St. Lucie] and put in a leg kick and he stated proper off the bat it felt manner totally different, he loves it. He’s sort of come again with it and positively seems to be totally different since he’s been again.”
Lee had a cameo with the Mets final season. He appeared in 11 video games and went 1-for-18 (.056) on the plate with 13 strikeouts. Supervisor Buck Showalter acquired to judge Lee in camp this spring.
“He and Dom [Smith] have actually been swinging the bat nicely, enjoying nicely,” Showalter stated. “That was one of many issues within the dialog. We in all probability caught him in one of the best a part of the yr for him thus far.”
Adonis Medina was optioned to Syracuse, creating roster area for Lee. The fitting-hander was among the many Mets’ heroes Sunday, when he pitched a scoreless tenth inning towards the Dodgers for his first profession save.
“At the least he leaves with a terrific style in his mouth,” Showalter stated. “He’ll be again. I hope there's not a necessity, however I'm positive there will probably be.”
Tylor Megill will probably be activated from the injured record to pitch Friday’s sport towards the Angels, based on Showalter. Carlos Carrasco and Taijuan Walker are scheduled for the following two video games of the collection. Megill was positioned on the IL on Might 12 with proper biceps irritation.
The Mets have maintained a gentle lead within the hit-by-pitch class for a lot of the season. After three gamers have been plunked Tuesday, the Mets had an MLB-leading 40 hit batsmen.
“I've by no means seen so many individuals get hit within the toes space with curveballs,” Showalter stated.
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