Lucas Duda led the way, and the Mets actually had a few good hitting performances this week.
The Mets' lineup has become something of a running joke this season, but thanks to an eight-run outburst against the A's and an eleven-run performance against the Dodgers, the team averaged a very respectable 4.67 runs per game in the six they played over the last seven days. While neither David Wright nor Curtis Granderson had a good week, the rest of the team's lineup mostly took care of business.
| Player | Last Week | This Week | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eric Campbell, 1B |  |  | In his typical part-time role, Campbell hit a home run and batted a cool .400/.500/.700. Not too shabby. |
| Travis d’Arnaud, C | | | On the whole, d’Arnaud wasn’t spectacular this week—see his 88 wRC+—but he did hit a couple of home runs and has been doing that pretty regularly since coming back to the Mets in late June. That’s encouraging as the team looks ahead to 2015. |
| Matt den Dekker, OF |  | | He got 16 plate appeareances this week, but den Dekker hardly hit in them. |
| Lucas Duda, 1B | | | The Dude came back in a big, big way, hitting five home runs and batting .348/.385/1.000 with a 271 wRC+. The Dude abides? I’d say so. |
| Wilmer Flores, SS | | | Last week, Daniel Murphy wore the "my wRC+ matches my uniform number" badge. This week, Flores accomplished the feat, though his number is quite a bit lower than 28. |
| Curtis Granderson, OF | | | Granderson’s mid-season success continues to look more and more like the exception this season. At least he hit his first home run in a while in Los Angeles. |
| Juan Lagares, CF | | | You know the drill: If Lagares can hit, he might be a really special player. This week, he did, knocking a three-run home run and posting a respectable 118 wRC+ for the week. |
| Daniel Murphy, 2B | | | Murphy was significantly better this week than last, hitting .381/.435/.429. |
| Kirk Nieuwenhuis, OF | | | Nieuwenhuis only got a couple of plate appearances, but he went 1-for-2 with a double. |
| Anthony Recker, C | | | In his lone start of the week, Recker went 1-for-4 with a .750 OPS. |
| Ruben Tejada, SS | | | Ruben Tejada hit a home run? Ruben Tejada hit a home run! |
| David Wright, 3B | | | There was no silver lining here; Wright’s week was downright awful. Here’s hoping he gets some rest for whatever is ailing him so he can get right. |
| Eric Young Jr., OF | | | In limited playing time, Young managed a 104 wRC+, and he made a very nice grab in left field at Dodger Stadium to rob a home run over the weekend. |