<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/mets-jeff-mcneil-gets-shocking-update-on-season-ending-injury');   ga('set', 'title', 'Mets’ Jeff McNeil gets shocking update on season-ending injury');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Jeff-McNeil.jpg"></figure><h1>Mets’ Jeff McNeil gets shocking update on season-ending injury</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-09-28T19:44:01-07:00">September 28th, 7:44pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-09-28T19:44:01-07:00">September 28th, 7:44pm</time><address><a>Wyatt Allsup</a>Wyatt Allsup is a sports journalist from Fort Worth, Texas. He joined ClutchPoints in May 2023 and covers football, basketball, baseball and mixed martial arts. Wyatt now lives in Southern California, where he has previously covered USC football and basketball for Sports Illustrated.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Jeff McNeil will miss what’s left of the 2023 MLB season. The New York Mets moved him to the IL with a left elbow sprain, and it turns out he has <a href="https://twitter.com/timbhealey/status/1707513523406823782" rel="noopener">a partially torn UCL</a>. As of now, McNeil doesn’t plan to have surgery this offseason. He said he will have a PRP injection to help the recovery process. Mets manager Buck Showalter also said McNeil should be good to go by spring training.</p><p>Losing Jeff McNeil for the remainder of the season is pretty inconsequential, considering the Mets have four games left and have long been eliminated from playoff contention. Of course, the team hopes McNeil will make a full recovery in the offseason, but he has plenty of time to do so.</p><p>For McNeil, it’s fortunate that it’s a partial tear of his left UCL. For one, he’s right-handed, so he doesn’t need that elbow for throwing. Second, a full tear and full reconstruction of the UCL usually carries a year-long recovery.</p><p>Still, this injury is just a reflection the Mets’ 2023 season as a whole. New York is 72-86 on the year, 30.5 games back from first place in the NL East.</p><p>McNeil’s season has been disappointing by his own personal standards as well. After hitting .326 with 39 doubles in 2022, McNeil’s average dropped to just .270 over 156 games. Considering he is primarily a contact hitter, that’s not the production New York wanted out of him.</p><p>2023 was the first season of a 4-year, $50 million contract McNeil signed in January. He’s still a Met for the foreseeable future, unless New York decides to trade him, as <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mets-continue-fire-sale-trade-tommy-pham-to-diamondbacks" rel="noopener">they did with many others</a> at this year’s trade deadline.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Mets’ Jeff McNeil gets shocking update on season-ending injury

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/mets-news-jeff-mcneil-mets-season-2-word-take-loss-to-phillies');   ga('set', 'title', 'Jeff McNeil sums up Mets’ season with brutally honest 2-word take after loss to Phillies');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Jeff-McNeil-sums-up-season-up-NY_s-season-with-brutally-honest-2-word-after-loss-to-Phillies.jpeg"></figure><h1>Jeff McNeil sums up Mets’ season with brutally honest 2-word take after loss to Phillies</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-09-21T23:14:43-07:00">September 21st, 11:14pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-09-21T23:14:43-07:00">September 21st, 11:14pm</time><address><a>Poch de la Rosa</a>Poch has been following the NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, NCAA basketball, NCAA football, and other sports for more than 30 years. He has written for publications such as Bleacher Report, I4U News, BuySideSports, Swimsuits &amp; Sports Magazine, The Cold Wire, Pro Football History, and Defiant Takes Football since 2011. Whenever he's not writing about sports, he loves spending time with his wife and son, watching sports events, reading sports biographies and autobiographies, collecting sports apparel and memorabilia, working out, and playing the piano.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>New York Mets utility player Jeff McNeil <a href="https://www.mlb.com/news/david-peterson-goes-four-innings-as-mets-lose-to-phillies">aptly summed up</a> his team’s disastrous 2023 MLB season in two words, per MLB.com’s Anthony DiComo.</p><p>“It sucks. I think nobody here thought this was where we were going to be at this point in the year,” a frustrated Jeff McNeil said after the Mets lost to the Philadelphia Phillies 5-4 on Thursday.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">"Yeah it sucks. Nobody here thought this is where we were going to be at this point in the year"</p><p>– Jeff McNeil on the Mets having a losing record this season <a href="https://t.co/W20qpfrDZa">pic.twitter.com/W20qpfrDZa</a></p><p>— New York Post Sports (@nypostsports) <a href="https://twitter.com/nypostsports/status/1705056190940446953?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 22, 2023</a></p></blockquote><p><script async="" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></p></figure><p>The Mets’ fall from grace is complete. They entered the 2023 MLB campaign with high expectations. New York had Pete Alonso, Francisco Lindor, Max Scherzer, and Justin Verlander on its roster to begin the season. Buck Showalter’s team had an astonishing payroll of $445 million. Consequently, they became <a href="https://theathletic.com/4854008/2023/09/21/mets-mlb-season-record-trajectory-performance/">the most expensive team</a> in league history.</p><p>Although Mets owner Steve Cohen dug deep into his pockets this year, New York is fourth in the NL East with a 71-82 win-loss record. Only the Washington Nationals, St. Louis Cardinals, and Colorado Rockies have worse records in the National League.</p><p>The Mets are a far cry from the 101-win team they were last season. Although New York lost to the San Diego Padres in the NL Wild Card series, it seemed the latter had something to build on in 2023. Instead, they took two huge steps backward. The Mets have made the postseason just four times since the “Subway Series” against the New York Yankees in 2000.</p><p>Jeff McNeil and the Mets have some serious question marks heading into next year. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mets-news-owner-steve-cohen-dishes-on-pete-alonsos-future-after-justin-verlander-max-scherzer-trades">Will they dangle</a> a contract extension to first baseman Pete Alonso? Better yet, will Cohen <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb-rumors-mets-steve-cohen-shohei-ohtani-free-agency">go all out</a> on soon-to-be free agent Shohei Ohtani?</p><p>Jeff McNeil and his teammates can only wonder if Major League Baseball’s most expensive team will make strides next season.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Jeff McNeil sums up Mets’ season with brutally honest 2-word take after loss to Phillies

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/mets-news-jeff-mcneil-sounds-off-scary-moment-carlos-rodon-yankees');   ga('set', 'title', 'Mets’ Jeff McNeil sounds off after scary moment vs Carlos Rodon, Yankees');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/mets-news-jeff-mcneil-sounds-off-after-scary-moment-vs-carlos-rodon-yankees.jpg"></figure><h1>Mets’ Jeff McNeil sounds off after scary moment vs Carlos Rodon, Yankees</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-07-26T21:41:19-07:00">July 26th, 9:41pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-07-26T21:41:19-07:00">July 26th, 9:41pm</time><address><a>Tristin McKinstry</a>Associate Editor at ClutchPoints and San Antonio Brahmas beat reporter for XFL News Hub.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>For a moment, things got tense between the New York Mets and New York Yankees on Wednesday. Mets hitter Jeff McNeil took a 95-mile-an-hour <a href="https://twitter.com/AnthonyDiComo/status/1684355456968298496" rel="noopener">pitch to his back</a> from Yankees starter Carlos Rodon. McNeil stayed in the game and was visibly frustrated after the fact.</p><p>The Yankees went on to win the game 3-1 in The Bronx. After the game, McNeil spoke with reporters. While he did look upset, the Mets utilityman <a href="https://twitter.com/timbhealey/status/1684389770716147713" rel="noopener">holds no grudge toward</a> Rodon for the incident.</p><p>“I get a little frustrated sometimes, a little upset. But I know it wasn’t on purpose,” McNeil said, via Mets beat writer Tim Healey. “He’s had a little bit of a control issue the last few starts. He’s just trying to throw strikes there with a lead and one got away. It happens.”</p><p>Rodon threw 5.2 innings against the Mets on Wednesday. He allowed four hits and a run while walking three and striking out four batters. McNeil had three official at-bats in the game, but he went hitless.</p><p>The Yankees tagged Mets starter Jose Quintana for two runs in the bottom of the second inning. However, the Mets brought themselves within a run on a Brandon Nimmo sacrifice fly. Yankees rookie Anthony Volpe hit an RBI single to give his team the insurance run they needed in the bottom of the fourth.</p><p>Their victory on Wednesday gave the Yankees a 54-48 record on the season. Despite being over .500, the Bronx Bombers are last in the American League East, eight games back of the division-leading <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/baltimore-orioles" rel="noopener">Baltimore Orioles</a>.</p><p>Meanwhile, the Mets fell to a 47-54 record with their loss in The Bronx. They are fourth in the National League East, trailing the division-leading <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb/atlanta-braves" rel="noopener">Atlanta Braves</a> by 17.5 games.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Mets’ Jeff McNeil sounds off after scary moment vs Carlos Rodon, Yankees

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/marlins-news-luis-arraez-400-batting-average-pursuit-draws-brutally-honest-take-from-jeff-mcneil');   ga('set', 'title', 'Marlins 2B Luis Arraez’s .400 batting average pursuit draws brutally honest take from Jeff McNeil');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Luis-Arraez-Marlins-Mets-batting-average-Jeff-McNeil.jpg"></figure><h1>Marlins 2B Luis Arraez’s .400 batting average pursuit draws brutally honest take from Jeff McNeil</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-07-11T08:44:15-07:00">July 11th, 8:44am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-07-11T08:44:15-07:00">July 11th, 8:44am</time><address><a href="https://letterboxd.com/splooshpuhrty/films/by/your-rating/">Jedd Pagaduan</a>Loves Arsenal and the Los Angeles Clippers, so his loyalty can never be questioned. This guy has been through enough sports trauma for one lifetime -- so he writes about it instead as a form of therapy. (It hasn't worked though. Someday maybe it will -- especially when he's been working for ClutchPoints since August 2022.)</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Luis Arraez’s pursuit of history continues. Through 86 games, Arraez’s batting average continues to remain elite, although over the past few weeks, he has fallen off the pace in his <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/luis-arraez-marlins-batting-average" rel="noopener">pursuit of the ever-elusive</a> .400 batting average. At the time of writing, the Miami Marlins’ second baseman has a batting average of .383, which is still <a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/MLB-leaders.shtml" rel="noopener">heads and shoulders above</a> second-placer Corey Seager (.353).</p><p>Even then, the 26-year old Marlins middle infielder is still within shouting distance, even though he has to <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/marlins-news-luis-arraez-highest-batting-average-century" rel="noopener">remain elite from here on out</a> to make history. And his fellow NL East second baseman knows just how difficult it is to threaten the .400 batting average mark, especially when the Marlins have 70 games left on their schedule.</p><p>As New York Mets second baseman Jeff McNeil pointed out, Luis Arraez still has to <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/columnist/bob-nightengale/2023/07/11/luis-arrez-pursuit-of-400-envy-of-every-hitter-in-baseball/70400392007/" rel="noopener">go through a ton</a> of hoops to put himself in contention to become the first player since the legendary Ted Williams in 1941 to finish a season with a batting average of .400 or better.</p><p>“It’s pretty impressive what he’s doing, but he still has a long ways to go. We got half a season left,” McNeil said, per Bob Nightengale of USA Today.</p><p>McNeil then doubled down on his pessimism, he believes that the Marlins second baseman won’t be able to pull it off given the sheer difficulty of the task ahead. But if Luis Arraez manages to pull off the unthinkable, he will certainly command McNeil’s respect from now until the end of time.</p><p>“I don’t think [he can do it], to be honest. The pitching is too good. I mean, you’ve got to go 2-for-4 every day just to raise your batting average,” McNeil added. “[But] if he does it, it will be the most impressive thing I’ve ever seen.”</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Marlins 2B Luis Arraez’s .400 batting average pursuit draws brutally honest take from Jeff McNeil

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <script>   (function(i, s, o, g, r, a, m) {     i["GoogleAnalyticsObject"] = r;     i[r] = i[r] || function() {       (i[r].q = i[r].q || []).push(arguments)     }, i[r].l = 1 * new Date();     a = s.createElement(o),       m = s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];     a.async = 1;     a.src = g;     m.parentNode.insertBefore(a, m)   })(window, document, "script", "https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js", "ga");   ga('create', 'UA-66147751-16', {     'storage': 'none',     'clientId': localStorage.getItem('ga:clientId')   });   ga(function(tracker) {     localStorage.setItem('ga:clientId', tracker.get('clientId'));   });   ga('set', 'checkProtocolTask', null);      ga('set', 'page', '/mets-news-jeff-mcneil-injury-return-phillies');   ga('set', 'title', 'Mets’ Jeff McNeil drops optimistic injury update ahead of Phillies series');   ga('send', 'pageview');</script>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    background: transparent;    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #DDDDDD;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 30px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 21px;    line-height: 125%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 15px 15px 15px 15px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;    text-decoration: underline;}ul {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}ol {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 17px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.23px;}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.8);    font-family: "SFUIText-Medium";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 19px;    line-height: 135%;    letter-spacing: -0.41px;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.7);    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 13px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article id="mvp-content-main"><header><figure><img src="https://wp.clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/mets-news-jeff-mcneil-drops-optimistic-injury-update-ahead-of-phillies-series.jpg"></figure><h1>Mets’ Jeff McNeil drops optimistic injury update ahead of Phillies series</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2023-05-29T15:40:56-07:00">May 29th, 3:40pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2023-05-29T15:40:56-07:00">May 29th, 3:40pm</time><address><a>Dan Fappiano</a>Dan Fappiano is a Connecticut based sports journalist and a graduate of both Tunxis Community College and Central Connecticut State University. Dan has spent time covering high school and professional sports in both the print and online medium. He hopes to see his beloved Chicago Bears win a Super Bowl someday.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Jeff McNeil has been forced out of the New York Mets lineup recently due to a nagging groin injury. However, the Mets upcoming schedule has given <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mets-jeff-mcneil-mlb-2023-shift-ban" rel="noopener">McNeil the time he needs</a> to heal up.</p><p>McNeil is <a href="https://twitter.com/timbhealey/status/1663265841012695041" rel="noopener">expecting to be in</a> the lineup for the Mets series opener against the Philadelphia Phillies on Tuesday, via Tim Healey of Newsday. <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mets-news-jeff-mcneil-drops-mets-post-extension-truth-bomb-that-fans-will-absolutely-love" rel="noopener">McNeil was held out</a> of New York’s lineup on Sunday. With the Mets having Monday off, the two days away from the diamond seemed to have cured McNeil’s injury woes.</p><p>Even if his stint away was brief, any injury to McNeil would be a major loss for the Mets. Defensively, McNeil is one of the most versatile players on New York’s roster. Through 54 games this season, McNeil has spent time at second base, both corner outfield spots and even shortstop.</p><p>Alongside his work defensively, the infielder/outfielder is one of New York’s key hitters. McNeil is hitting .292 with two home runs, 16 RBI and three stolen bases this season. He is second on the team in batting average and on-base percentage (.370) and fourth in OPS (.734).</p><p>If the Mets want to turn their season around, Jeff McNeil will be a key cog. Luckily for New York, the former All-Star appears to have avoided serious injury. Playing against an NL East foe in the Phillies – even in May – will be a crucial series. Every game counts in a tight playoff race.</p><p>But when the Mets and Phillies do battle, McNeil will be joining his New York teammates on the diamond.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

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BA	HR	RBI	OPS	SB
.248	8	26	0.815	1

2025 SEASON STATS
BA	HR	RBI	OPS	SB
.248	8	26	0.815	1

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