PT TOMORROW: NL East—¡Ay, caramba!

New York Mets

The drama surrounding third base in Queens lately has been reminiscent of a Colombian telenovela, featuring hot young studs, injuries, plot twists, and even one character seemingly coming back from the dead. To recap: Eduardo Escobar (2B/3B, NYM) began the year as the starter at the position, struggled mightily and lost playing time to Luis Guillorme (2B/3B, NYM), who in turn strained his groin mid-August. Not to be outdone, Escobar followed by straining his oblique and landing on the 10-day IL. Mets GM Billy Eppler then elected to promote top prospect Brett Baty (3B, NYM), who hit a dramtic home run on his first MLB swing, mostly struggled afterward, and in turn also went down with an injury, in his case a torn UCL in his...

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