Mets: Hitting streak has redefined Wilson Ramos’ 2019 season

Wilson Ramos redefined his first season with the New York Mets in August with a 24-game hitting streak.

As we all watched the New York Mets win games, Pete Alonso climb toward the franchise’s single-season home run record, and playoff hopes become a reality, one member of the team did something pretty special in August. Catcher Wilson Ramos ended the month with a 24-game hitting streak, still intact as September began. In all but one game he played in during the month, Ramos managed at least a base hit.

The feat didn’t get much attention until deep into the month. Ramos, who has not hit with much power this year, completed July with a .255 batting average. After the last game of August, he was hitting .299 on the year.

Ramos’ other splits also took an elevator up to a new level. His OBP went from .329 to .360 and his slugging percentage rose from a pretty pitiful .379 to a far more respectable .429. He had a total of 43 hits during the month, only 8 of them going for extra-base hits.

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The number of extra-base hits may look low, however, when compared to the one double and one home run he had in July, it was a big change. Ramos’ worst month of the year was by far July. In this month, he slashed only .203/.282/.261. In August, he was a .434/.462/.576 hitter.

Ramos has had an interesting first year with the Mets. Early on, it looked like he was a poor match despite some favorable offensive totals. Disinterest from Jacob deGrom and Noah Syndergaard in having him behind the plate made it a potential issue going forward.

Ramos has improved his defensive abilities this year, no longer looking like the major liability he seemed destined to become during his time with the team.

Still imperfect, this hitting streak has helped redefine Ramos’ year. Even if he’s not a tremendous defender and has a tendency to ground into double plays, putting the ball in play and finding holes has made him incredibly valuable.

Sure, we hoped he would hit for much better power. But with Alonso covering that department in historic proportions and a lot of help from Michael Conforto and J.D. Davis in adding to the four-base hit totals, we can forgive Ramos a little easier.

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Ramos may only finish the year with a small number of extra-base hits. Thanks to a plentiful number of important singles, they have been anything but hollow.