The 2025 season was a frustrating one for Marcus Semien.
Semien has been among MLB’s most durable throughout his entire 13-year career, but he was limited to just 127 games due to a season-ending foot injury suffered in August.
Even when he was on the field, though, it was a bit of a disappointment for the veteran as he saw his production dip at the plate for the second straight campaign.
After averaging 31 home runs and 90 RBI over the previous five years, he only put together 15 and 62 to go along with a career-worst .669 OPS before the injury.
That’s left many questioning whether or not Semien has anything left in the tank.
Though the Mets mainly targeted him in the Brandon Nimmo deal for his defense and leadership, David Stearns implied they feel there’s some bounceback potential in his bat.
The 35-year-old remains confident in his ability to help this lineup, as well.
“I want to play until they tell me to go home,” he said. “At this point in my career it feels extremely good to have a team that believes in me, sees the things that I do well, and wants to help me — offensively, I do think I still have a lot to offer.
“I’m disappointed in the way that I performed last year. Had a good start in 2024 and I think just having conversations with Jeff Albert, and I’m looking forward to talking to Troy Snitker about what I need to do to be that MVP-caliber bat in this lineup.”
Semien showed flashes of a return to form before being forced to the sidelines, hitting .270 with 12 homers and a .801 OPS over his final 71 games on the season.
It would certainly be a huge boost to this lineup is he’s able to do that once again during his first year in the Big Apple.
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