Batting can only get you so far, damn it! In 2024, as always, you need the wheels, instincts, good sense, balance, and overall athleticism to circle the bases like a big leaguer, and it's up to YOU to decide which Mets did it best.
Here's a blank ballot for you to copy and paste and type in ten best Mets in the category of baserunning adeptness as displayed in 2024.
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If you ran the bases — even if you just stood on the bases like a dope (for it is up to you to judge the value these efforts) — for the 2024 Mets, you're eligible for a ballot appearance, and those who so qualify are listed below:
- Luisangel Acuña
- Pete Alonso
- Eddy Alvarez
- Francisco Alvarez
- Harrison Bader
- Brett Baty
- Ben Gamel
- José Iglesias
- Francisco Lindor
- Starling Marte
- J.D. Martinez
- Jeff McNeil
- Omar Narváez
- Tomás Nido
- Brandon Nimmo
- Zack Short
- DJ Stewart
- Tyrone Taylor
- Luis Torrens
- Mark Vientos
- Joey Wendle
- Jesse Winker
It's about stealing, sliding, streaking, taking extra bases, not making outs on the basepaths, beating the throw, disrupting the pitcher, and successfully attaining bases with your feet. That sort of thing.
Voting will remain open for one calendar week, or until the bones of John Wilkes Booth are appointed to run the NEA. Who can tell with these things? I can't.
