Mets' Mark Vientos admits Francisco Lindor, coaches scolded him after blatant poor effort: 'Unacceptable'

The New York Mets won’t tolerate players not giving 100% connected the field.

Mark Vientos, the Mets’ budding prima 3rd baseman, was publically called retired by his manager aft not moving hard during a crushed shot to 3rd basal connected Tuesday. 

During the Mets’ nonaccomplishment to the Marlins, Vientos was jogging to archetypal basal erstwhile Miami’s Graham Pauley fumbled the ball. Vientos noticed and kicked it into different gear, but it was each for naught arsenic Pauley threw him retired connected what should’ve been an error. 

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New York Mets 3rd baseman Mark Vientos (27) scores a tally during the crippled against the Houston Astros astatine Daikin Park. (Troy Taormina-Imagn Images)

Vientos told reporters connected Wednesday that helium wasn’t conscionable reprimanded by his manager, Carlos Mendoza, but besides squad skipper Francisco Lindor and archetypal basal manager Antoan Richardson aft the crippled for not moving hard connected the groundout. 

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"It’s unacceptable," helium told reporters. "It won’t hap again."

Vientos admitted that helium wasn’t trying to tally his hardest erstwhile helium saw the shot chop down to 3rd base. 

New York Mets 3rd basal Mark Vientos (27) walks to load the bases against Houston Astros pitcher Bryan Abreu (52) successful the eighth inning astatine Daikin Park. (Thomas Shea-Imagn Images)

"I deed it to 3rd basal and benignant of started jogging retired of the box, coasting," Vientos explained. "Then, I heard the assemblage giving a absorption similar helium dropped it, but astatine that point, it was excessively late. I should person been sprinting from the [start], close erstwhile helium deed it."

Vientos blossomed for the Mets past season, having a breakout twelvemonth with a .266/.322/.516 slash line, 27 homers and 71 RBI implicit 111 regular-season games. 

He got blistery successful the postseason arsenic well, going 18 for 55 with 5 homers and 14 RBI successful the Mets’ tally to the NLCS.

New York Mets 3rd baseman Mark Vientos (27) runs to archetypal basal connected an RBI treble during the 2nd inning against the Houston Astros astatine Daikin Park.  (Troy Taormina-Imagn Images)

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It’s been a dilatory commencement to the 2025 run for the 25-year-old, arsenic helium has conscionable 2 hits implicit 19 at-bats successful 5 games. 

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