On a rough afternoon for the Mets, the best sign for the club was 2025 Mark Vientos unleashing a swing that reminded of 2024 Mark Vientos.

They had lost six of eight games over a recent stretch, before erasing those bad vibes with some wins over the Dodgers and White Sox. There have been questions about the hustle of Juan Soto, who is earning 765 million reasons to hustle over the next 15 years.

For years, the Mets fielded questions about whether Mark Vientos or Brett Baty play third base at the big league level. As it turns out, the answer is both of them.