Adeiny Hechavarria wasn’t brought to New York for his power. He was brought to the Mets as a back-up for starting second baseman Robinson Cano.
Adeiny Hechavarria wasn’t brought here for his power because the most homers he’s ever had in a season was eight in 97 games in 2017.
Yet, with Cano out with a quad injury, the oft-traveled 30 year-old veteran has made the most of his playing time. Adeiny has slugged three home runs in his last four games. In fact half of the hits Hechavarria has this year are four-baggers. Prior to this barrage, the Cuban infielder was in a 1 for 16 slump.
To put this in another perspective, Hechavarria has 3 home-runs in 15 games with the Mets this season while Cano has three in 45 games. This is not meant to compare and contrast Hechavarria with a potential hall-of-famer in Cano, far from it. It’s just a stat to point out the power production the Mets have gotten out of the second base position this year.
Hechavarria started his power power parade on May 24 against the Detroit Tigers, a game the Mets lost 9-8. He had two hits in the game including a three-run home run off of Gregory Soto. Two nights later against the same Tigers, Adeiny hit another three-run homer this time against Spencer Turnbull in a Mets 4-3 victory.
Finally, on Monday, Hechavarria had three more hits this time against the Los Angeles Dodgers including a two-run home run off of Joe Kelly in a 9-5 loss.
When asked about his recent power surge by Newsday, Hechavarria simply said through an interpreter that, “I’m here to help the team in any possible…whenever you’re able to help the team in (any) way, it feels good. And finally he commented, “I’m not a power hitter… I’m just trying to do my job in any way possible.”
Adeiny has been a nice pick-up for the Mets. The scrappy infielder has added a spark to the team that one can only hope continues even after Cano returns.
