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Mark Vientos, nicknamed “Swaggy V”, is a professional baseball third baseman for the New York Mets of Major League Baseball (MLB). He was selected by the Mets in the second round of the 2017 MLB draft, and made his MLB debut in 2022.
On September 10th, 2022, the Mets promoted Vientos to the major leagues. He made his MLB debut the next night at Marlins Park versus the Miami Marlins as the team’s designated hitter, going hitless over five at-bats with two strikeouts as the Mets won 9–3. On September 15th, Vientos recorded his first major-league hit, a single off Eric Stout of the Pittsburgh Pirates. On September 24th, Vientos hit his first major league home run, off Oakland Athletics starter Ken Waldichuk. In 2024, Vientos played in 111 games for the Mets, batting .266/.322/.516 with a career-high 27 home runs and 71 RBI.
In his postseason debut, Vientos hit a go-ahead 2-RBI single in Game 1 of the 2024 National League Wild Card Series. In Game 2 of the 2024 NL Division Series against the Philadelphia Phillies, he hit a go-ahead two-run home run to put the Mets in the lead at 2–0, and later hit another two-run home run to tie the game 6–6, which marked his first two career postseason home runs. In Game 2 of the 2024 NL Championship Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers, Vientos hit his first career grand slam in the 2nd inning to give the Mets a 6–0 lead, and eventually giving the Mets a 7–3 win. It was also the third postseason grand slam in Mets history. During the postseason, Vientos slashed .327/.362/.636 with five home runs and 14 RBIs with the 14 RBIs setting a Mets franchise record for postseason RBIs in a single season.
The featured Rawlings Official 2024 New York Mets City Connect Logo Baseball has been signed by Mets Rising Star Mark Vientos in blue. He has also added his number “27” below his signature. The Baseball includes an official Beckett Authentication Services serially numbered hologram for authenticity purposes. The signing of this item was witnessed by Beckett.
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