Ronny Mauricio was the envy of the 38,279 who paid to attend Saturday night’s game in Colorado, as the Mets’ young infielder had the best vantage point from which to admire the 456-foot home run that leapt off his bat.
And who could blame the 24-year-old for taking a moment to watch the ball sail through the thin air before its flight was interrupted by the third deck of the right field stands in Saturday night’s 8-1 win for the visitors from Flushing.
“Pretty impressive,” manager Carlos Mendoza said. “That’s the first time I’ve seen somebody going over there…. not too many people can go on that third deck here. I don’t have much experience in this ballpark, but not easy to do.”
He added: “The power, the impact, the way the ball jumps off his bat, it’s just good to see him doing the things he’s capable of.”
Mauricio said he was just looking for a pitch up in the zone, and German Marquez obliged his request by hanging a 1-1 knuckle-curve that truly jumped off his bat with a 110.3 mph exit velocity. Something the Met with the second-best view noticed.
“It was very far, as soon as he hit it, I was like, ‘Damn, that’s going a long ways,’” sadd Francisco Lindor, who watched from the on-deck circle. “And then, I didn’t know what to do. Wait for him at home plate, wait for him on-deck. I was just admiring the baseball.”
“Oh, pretty good, pretty good,” Mauricio said about the ball coming off his bat. “I feel like I hit it right on the barrel.”
After going hitless in his first 11 at-bats since he made his big league return, Mauricio now has three hits in his last five at-bats, adding a single in the fifth. The manager said he’s seen some improvement in the quality of his at-bats of late.
“Better, definitely, especially on pitches in the strike zone,” he said. “I feel like in the first couple of games he was a little passive, and then they made him chase. Now, he’s ready to go on pitches in the strike zone. And when he’s doing that, he’s a pretty good hitter.”
And Mauricio believes he’s getting more comfortable at the plate. “I’m trying to just enjoy the moment, just try to have fun in the game,” he said.
But the Mets aren’t going to let themselves get carried away by what Mauricio brings, as Mendoza added, “At the same time, I’ve been saying it since he got here, we gotta be patient with him.”
“This is a guy that missed a whole year of development,” the manager said. “[But] it’s really good to see him now do some of the things.”
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