He sure seems thrilled to be a Met and get to play for the fans who have booed him through the years.
“Once I found out I was coming here I was extremely excited. It’s such a great team, and they’ve been playing so well,” the Mets’ new outfielder said Sunday,In one game, he hit a go-ahead home run and waved to the fans at the end of it.He also once traded a ball for a fan’s sign that read “ Jesse Winker you’re a straight up bitch.”Mets send Tyler Stuart to Nationals to complete Jesse Winker trade“I think we squashed our little thing a couple of years ago.
He added: “My first couple of full seasons maybe I was a little on the immature side. I had some fun. But obviously it’s a passionate fan base.”Winker, 30, caught an early flight out of St. Louis to arrive in time to be activated.The expectation is he will start against right-handers — Winker is slashing .266/.390/.450 against righties with an .840 OPS and 10 home runs in 229 at-bats — and come off the bench against lefties.He will also allow the Mets to rest their regulars more often.
“I wouldn’t say an every day player, but he’s going to play,” manager Carlos Mendoza said. “I could see him playing corner outfield, DH, pinch-hit. … He’s going to get a lot of opportunities, especially against right-handed pitching. He’ll be in there a lot.”He grew up playing travel ball with and against both Francisco Lindor and Pete Alonso, and he’s friends with J.D. Martinez.Winker gained 6.
“It’s what you play for. You want to be a part of a playoff race and winning baseball games,” he said. “It’s what you always wanted since you started playing this game.”Ranking every Mets trade deadline of the past decade, from Yoenis Cespedes to Billy Eppler's big whiffBreaking's steps from its Bronx beginnings to the Olympics stage: 'People are gonna see how lit this is'
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