Billy McKinney giving Mets everything they hope for and more
NY Post
The criteria were basic as the Mets searched for help in late May with many of the team’s key players on the injured list: an outfielder with major league experience who at least had a shot at upgrading the lineup.
In Billy McKinney, the Mets, to this point, have hit the jackpot. The former first-round pick hasn’t merely filled the space in right field vacated by Michael Conforto as he rehabs a strained right hamstring, but has produced over a small sample size at a level better than Conforto. In 12 games since he arrived in a May 26 trade that sent minor league pitcher Pedro Quintana to the Brewers, the 26-year-old McKinney owns a .275/.341/.700 slash line with four homers and 11 RBIs. He had a breakout game Wednesday, when he slugged two homers in the Mets’ 14-1 victory at Baltimore.
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