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[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5778162/2024/09/20/mets-turnaround-omg-analysis/?source=dailyemail&campaign=601983&userId=5973799[/URL]

"Mendoza didn’t turn over tables or start looking over his shoulder. Players were impressed with his demeanor during the first few weeks of the season, as he acclimated to being under the microscope under less-than-ideal circumstances.

“He really is the best of both worlds,” said Nimmo. “You want to do the best that you can for him. But he also has that empathy of being able to be like, ‘Hey, it’s a hard game. Don’t be too hard on yourself.’ And he knows when to use both.”

[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5782306/2024/09/20/mets-luisangel-acuna-prospect/?source=weeklyemail&campaign=602288&userId=5973799[/URL]

"The reminder stays on Luisangel Acuña’s bat, just below where his name appears, handwritten in black marker.

[I]Less is more.[/I]

Those words wound up on Acuña’s bat a couple of weeks ago, before the New York Mets called him up from Triple A, before he began competently filling in for injured star shortstop Francisco Lindor during a playoff push."
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