By Bryan Hoch @BryanHoch1:34 AM EDT
NEW YORK — The Yankees’ decision-makers tracked Luke Voit‘s statistics for more than two years before pouncing, believing that his potential had yet to be fully tapped. They took a celebratory lap when that call was proven correct, and the slugger is continuing to reward their investment.
Voit enjoyed the second multihomer game of his career on Monday evening, clearing the Yankee Stadium walls in the second and fifth innings as the Yankees completed a four-game sweep of the Red Sox with a 6-3 victory.
Back in Summer Camp, the most significant Mets lineup question was whether the team would bat Robinson Canó third. For most of his life, Canó had been a three-hole hitter. The Mets stuck with him in that spot for dozens of games last year regardless of how deeply he slumped, but public pressure was mounting to drop Canó in the lineup.
Knowing the future of the Mets’ offense surely revolved around Pete Alonso, Jeff McNeil and others, manager Luis Rojas acquiesced, regularly slotting Cano sixth or seventh early this season.
So it was telling to see Canó batting above Alonso on Monday. The former, just back from the injured list, came into the night flirting with a .400 batting average. The latter, fresh off a mental and physical health day off, was flirting with the Mendoza Line. But for at least one night, their trend lines ran parallel as Canó and Alonso each hit two homers in the Mets’ 11-4 thumping of Miami at Marlins Park.
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