One of the Mets' stars discussed the off-field impact one of his teammates has made.
Heading into New York’s Subway Series showdown against the cross-town rival Yankees on Tuesday, Martinez’s .290 batting average and .870 OPSarticle from The Athletic’s Will Sammon“What I’ve continued to try and get around him, is just more of when you’re going up to the plate or when you’re going through your work, the mental process that he goes through,” Nimmo said of Martinez. “He’s someone, it’s like 10 a.m. every day, he goes and he hits on his own.
Much has been made of Martinez’s borderline obsessive hitting approach in recent years. A 2018 article fromquotes Martinez saying his pregame hitting preparation, “literally starts from after the game.” “I get every at-bat sent to me from the game,” said Martinez, who was then playing for the Boston Red Sox. “I’ll go home, I’ll watch every at-bat, kind of break down the game… then after that… I want to look at the pitcher that day and see what he’s featuring, see what his stuff is. Then after that it’s kinda go to bed and you know visualize in a sense of me facing that pitcher and what I’m trying to do off the pitcher and kind just go to bed thinking about that.
“And he understands that it’s not one swing for everybody and for every pitcher; there are different swings for different pitchers and different situations. And he knows that the swing is constantly evolving and constantly with his body, where you’re at in the season, and he’s constantly trying to stay on top of it.
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