{"id":48423,"date":"2022-08-17T21:50:59","date_gmt":"2022-08-17T21:50:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/brett-baty-to-make-his-mets-debut-vs-braves\/"},"modified":"2022-08-17T21:50:59","modified_gmt":"2022-08-17T21:50:59","slug":"brett-baty-to-make-his-mets-debut-vs-braves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/brett-baty-to-make-his-mets-debut-vs-braves\/","title":{"rendered":"Brett Baty to make his Mets debut vs.  Braves"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Brett Baty&#8217;s major league debut will come on Wednesday night against the Braves at Truist Park.<\/p>\n<p>The former first-round pick is in the Mets lineup after being called up earlier in the day, wearing No.  22, hitting eighth in the order and playing third base.<\/p>\n<p>Baty, who said he was \u201csuper excited\u201d for his debut, said Brandon Nimmo pulled him aside before he spoke with reporters.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"no\" height=\"200\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/playlist.megaphone.fm\/?e=NYPH5411282810&amp;light=true\" width=\"100%\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was just like, &#8216;Hey man, slow it down.  It&#8217;s gonna be a pretty big atmosphere for sure, but we all trust you out there and we have your back,&#8217;\u201d Baty told reporters.  \u201cThat&#8217;s what I wanted to hear.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Baty, a left-handed hitter, has a .315\/.410\/.533 slash line with 19 home runs in 95 games across Double-A and Triple-A this season.  After Luis Guillorme and Eduardo Escobar were both injured this week, calling up Baty \u2014 the organization&#8217;s second-ranked prospect \u2014 became a logical move.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption>Brett Baty&#8217;s long-awaited Mets debut arrives Wednesday night in Atlanta.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Corey Sipkin<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A product of Lake Travis High School in Austin, Baty was the Mets&#8217; first-round pick in 2019. He profiles as a strong contact hitter who shows upside with power, as well as a strong defensive player.<\/p>\n<p>Though this will likely amount to merely an audition \u2014 Guillorme is expected back in 4-6 weeks and Escobar sooner than that \u2014 it will be the first big test for a player presumed to be the Mets&#8217; third baseman of the future.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>    .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brett Baty&#8217;s major league debut will come on Wednesday night against the Braves at Truist Park. The former first-round pick is in the Mets lineup after being called up earlier in the day, wearing No. 22, hitting eighth in the order and playing third base. Baty, who said he was \u201csuper excited\u201d for his debut, &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/brett-baty-to-make-his-mets-debut-vs-braves\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Brett Baty to make his Mets debut vs.  Braves<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[6],"tags":[9889,661,1476,307],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":48616,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/mets-brett-baty-went-deep-in-his-first-major-league-at-bat\/","url_meta":{"origin":48423,"position":0},"title":"Mets&#8217; Brett Baty went deep in his first major league at-bat","date":"August 18, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"ATLANTA \u2014 Brett Baty's first major league at-bat was one for the Mets history books. 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