SAN DIEGO — Khalil Lee was battling terribly more than enough previous thirty day period that he was demoted from Triple-A Syracuse to Large-A St. Lucie.
On Wednesday the 23-12 months-previous outfielder was recalled by the Mets, offering the staff another essential position player with Pete Alonso and Starling Marte sidelined, but not on the hurt record.
Lee changed Brandon Nimmo in heart discipline in the seventh inning and grounded out in the eighth inning of the Mets’ 13-2 blowout decline to the Padres Wednesday.
Lee used a week in May perhaps in Port St. Lucie to function on his swing, and thrived soon after returning to Syracuse. Over his final 19 game titles for Syracuse, he had a .311/.414/.623 slash line with 4 homers and 19 RBIs.
“He identified his timing and his rhythm back, he was fundamentally working on some stuff to get his fluidity and rhythm again,” Mets director of hitting progress Hugh Quattlebaum mentioned. “His swing is easy … it seems extra like a sudden explosion than a buildup and there is a large amount of ability there and when he will get also silent or also straightforward with it, he was executing a toe tap and getting rid of his timing, he was a tiny little bit later on fastballs than he typically is.
“He went down [to St. Lucie] and place in a leg kick and he reported ideal off the bat it felt way different, he enjoys it. He’s variety of appear back again with it and surely appears distinctive considering the fact that he’s been back again.”
Lee had a cameo with the Mets past period. He appeared in 11 online games and went 1-for-18 (.056) at the plate with 13 strikeouts. Supervisor Buck Showalter bought to evaluate Lee in camp this spring.
“He and Dom [Smith] have truly been swinging the bat very well, playing effectively,” Showalter claimed. “That was 1 of the things in the conversation. We possibly caught him in the best element of the yr for him so significantly.”
Adonis Medina was optioned to Syracuse, creating roster place for Lee. The proper-hander was amongst the Mets’ heroes Sunday, when he pitched a scoreless 10th inning against the Dodgers for his 1st job conserve.
“At minimum he leaves with a excellent taste in his mouth,” Showalter stated. “He’ll be back. I am hoping there is not a want, but I am sure there will be.”
Tylor Megill will be activated from the wounded listing to pitch Friday’s recreation against the Angels, according to Showalter. Carlos Carrasco and Taijuan Walker are scheduled for the ensuing two video games of the collection. Megill was put on the IL on May well 12 with correct biceps irritation.
The Mets have maintained a continual direct in the hit-by-pitch classification for most of the period. After 3 gamers have been plunked Tuesday, the Mets experienced an MLB-primary 40 hit batsmen.
“I have hardly ever observed so many individuals get strike in the toes spot with curveballs,” Showalter stated.
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