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Mark Vientos is a butcher. That’s how Mets fans, the media, and even Mets management views the fielding prowess, or lack there of, of Mark Vientos.
I have always been a Vientos fan and still believe he can be a productive Major League hitter. But the fact remains that he is a horrible fielder and will likely have to be a DH for some team in the future, but you can bet it won’t be the New York Mets. Why? First, because he has struggled so much to prove himself in New York, and he just hasn’t done it. So he will have to try to succeed elsewhere where the scrutiny won’t kill him. Second, and most important, is that there is another guy who will be taking up all of the time in the DH role for the Mets for a long time…Juan Soto.
Alan Karmin is an award-winning journalist and author. He was born in Brooklyn, New York and spent most of his life growing up in the New Jersey suburbs. Alan's family were avid Brooklyn Dodgers fans and when the Dodgers moved west, the Mets became the team to root for. The Mets have always been a true focal point, Alan even wrote a term paper in high school to analyze what was wrong with the Mets. While at the University of Miami, Alan honed his craft covering the, gulp, Yankees during spring trainings in Fort Lauderdale for a local NBC affiliate, as well as the Associated Press and UPI. He broadcasted baseball games for the University of Miami, and spring training games for the Baltimore Orioles and Montreal Expos. New York Mets Mania is a forum for Alan to write about his favorite team and for baseball fans to chime in and provide their thoughts and ideas about New York's Amazin' Mets.
