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The Mets went 5-1 over the last week thanks to a combination of great pitching and pretty good hitting. The Mets scored 35 runs over the course of the week, the sixth-highest total in baseball, and their 114 wRC+ as a team was the eight-best mark. That they did so without Neil Walker, Lucas Duda, and David Wright, only one of whom might have a shot of returning this season, is even more impressive.
| Player | 8/29-9/4 | 9/5-11 | Comment |
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| Jay Bruce, OF |  |
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Last week, we welcomed the real Jay Bruce to Meter Avenue in hopes that he was actually the real Jay Bruce. And then he went and hit .071/.188/.071 with a -71 wRC+. Two Mets pitchers were better at the plate than he was this week. |
| Asdrubal Cabrera, SS |  |
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Cabrera hit .333/.385/.500 despite not hitting any home runs. What he’s done with his ailing knee is pretty remarkable. |
| Eric Campbell, IF | -- | |
Campbell returned to the team and made a couple of nice plays at first base. He didn’t make any plate appearances. |
| Gavin Cecchini, IF | -- | |
Cecchini made his big league debut as a pinch hitter but made an out. |
| Yoenis Cespedes, OF |  |
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Cespedes hit a grand slam, a crucial go-ahead two-run home run, and a solo home run en route to a stellar week, a quick rebound from his so-so previous week at the plate. |
| Michael Conforto, OF | |
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Conforto made nine plate appearances. He hit .000/.333/.000 |
| Travis d’Arnaud, C | |
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d’Arnaud followed up a good week with a brutal one. He had a 4 wRC+. Not a typo. Four. |
| Alejandro De Aza, OF | |
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The first half’s most-hated Met, De Aza hit a home run and had a 126 wRC+ for the week. That’ll do. |
| Lucas Duda, 1B |  |
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Duda remains on the DL, but there is a chance he’ll make it back before the end of the season. |
| Wilmer Flores, IF | |
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Although he slid head-first into home plate and bruised his neck on Saturday night, Flores still had a productive week with a home run and a 169 wRC+. Nice. |
| Curtis Granderson, OF | |
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It took longer than most Mets fans had hoped it would, but Granderson turned things around just in time to help lead the Mets into a Wild Card spot. He hit three home runs with a great .294/.455/.824 line. |
| Kelly Johnson, IF | |
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With a .278/.278/.500 line and a 107 wRC+, Johnson’s week was just good enough for the green arrow. That one of his hits put the Mets ahead for good helped. |
| Ty Kelly, IF | |
-- | Kelly played one inning of defense without doing anything of note. |
| James Loney, 1B | |
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Loney had been in a bad slump for quite a while but finally had a good week in limited playing time with a home run and a .385/.429/.692 line. Green Rickey must be pleased. |
| Brandon Nimmo, OF | -- | |
Nimmo went 0-for-2 since rejoining the Mets in their second wave of September call-ups. |
| Jose Reyes, IF | |
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Reyes snapped out of a brief slump with a good week that included a couple of home runs and a 127 wRC+. His season line is still looking far better than even the optimistic projections upon his return to the Mets. |
| Matt Reynolds, IF | -- | |
Reynolds only made six plate appearances but made the most of them with a home run and a silly .600/.667/1.200 line. |
| T.J. Rivera, IF | -- | |
Rivera only made three plate appearances and hit one single. |
| Rene Rivera, C | |
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Catcher has been a disappointing position for the Mets all year in terms of offense. Rivera had just a 56 wRC+ for the week, even though he got on base at a .375 clip. |