Mets scoring 10 times in 3 straight days shouldn't shock anyone

It was a slow September for the New York Mets offense. You’d never know based on the last three days. Following a dramatic walk-off win on Monday, something in this team began to click. Was it something as simple as the added pressure of competing without Francisco Lindor? Couldn’t be.

The Mets have been one of the best offensive teams in baseball all year. They do it with a ton of power—a quality on full display these last few days. Their offensive prowess is easy to overlook. Other than Lindor, no one is challenging for any major award or about to hit a big single-season milestone.

What the Mets have done against the Washington Nationals and now the Philadelphia Phillies twice in the past week shouldn’t surprise anyone. This was always a team capable of winning with their bats.

The Mets are one of baseball’s best hitting teams, they just forgot for a while

Their 198 home runs is tied for fifth in baseball with the Arizona Diamondbacks. Although they’ve crossed the plate 100 fewer times than the Diamondbacks at 740, they’re fourth in total runs scored. Frankly, what the Diamondbacks have done on offense is ridiculous and if their pitching figures it out, they’re terrifying.

The Mets entered this season in another “if” situation. If this guy posts All-Star numbers, if this guy finally figures out how to hit in the big leagues, etc. were all in play. Not all of the ifs did actually happen. Pete Alonso has had a down year. J.D. Martinez has been virtually absent all month and didn’t do nearly what he did last season with the Los Angeles Dodgers. Forget all about Francisco Alvarez setting any new records.

It was not a good year for a lot of Mets hitters. Yet with 9 games to go, they’re on the verge of passing the 1996 team in runs scored. They had multiple players with some of the all-time best offensive seasons in team history but finished with only 6 more runs. They should challenge the 2022 team remembered well for consistent hitting. They scored 772 times.

If you’re caught off guard by the Mets, it might be because the wealth has been shared all year long. They might not have any 100 RBI season but they’ll have three guys come close. Only four players on the roster will top 20 home runs which seems rather light for a team that scores as much as they do and has as many home runs. It’s because they don’t have those vacancies in the lineup.

On any given day, someone new could be the hero to drive in multiple runs.

The batting averages might not be unflattering. The record books are staying closed. A slump for a hitter or two always seems to stick around. The Mets are a streaky team. In these final days of September, the offense is streaking in the correct direction.

Pete Alonso put it best and simplest when asked how it felt to be involved in this record-setting stretch: