Of third basemen with at least 350 plate appearances last season, no player finished with a worse WAR than Baty's -0.5, according to Fangraphs.
Still, when asked this month if he thought he needed to add another bat to the lineup, Stearns said, 'I wouldn't necessarily close the door on that, but I also don't think it's essential. Some of that is interrelated to third base, where we do have young players. I want to make sure they have sufficient at-bats.'
What can give the Mets reason to hope, however, is the fact that Baty showed improvement in his second season at multiple minor league levels during his career, including at Double-A Binghamton, where he went from a .787 OPS in 2021 to .950 in '22.
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