Francisco Lindor hit his 300th career homer Sunday; Carson Benge became the first Mets rookie with 20 homers and 20 steals, and A.J. Ewing's 25th steal broke the franchise rookie record. Rookie Nolan McLean finished with 179.2 innings and 194 strikeouts.
Lindor joined a group of 27 players with at least 300 home runs and 200 steals; he is the third active player to reach both marks, after Andrew McCutchen and Mike Trout. He is also the seventh player to hit his 300th homer as a Met.
Benge also set Mets rookie records with 43 multi-hit games and 14 three-hit games. Four Mets rookies had at least 1.5 bWAR, tying the franchise mark from 1983; three reached 3.0, a club first and a feat achieved by only the 2006 Marlins and 1989 Orioles in the modern era. The article calculates bWAR separately for position players and pitchers, not cumulatively.
