Monday Stat Party: Feeling 22 (or 23?)

ATLANTA, GA - JULY 03: Juan Soto #22 of the New York Mets celebrates hitting a two-run home run in the third inning during the game against the Atlanta Braves at Truist Park on July 3, 2026 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Jack Casey/Atlanta Braves/Getty Images) | Getty Images Welcome back to Monday Stat Party, a weekly series showcasing some of the most curious and nostalgia-inducing statistical developments from the past week of Mets baseball. What unites each entry is the sense of intrigue which they aim to spark, and the unbridled love of the game’s anomalies from which they arise.

Without further ado, let the stat party begin.MONDAYThe Mets committed their 19th error in 12 games, the most errors they’ve committed in a 12-game span since committing 20 from August 20-September 2, 2014.TUESDAYWithin the first three innings, the Mets recorded five outs on balls with an exit velocity of 101 mph or higher.

That’s the most outs the Mets have recorded on balls hit that hard in the first three innings of a game in the Statcast era (since 2015). The only team to record more outs on balls hit that hard in the first three innings of a game since 2015 was the Dodgers (6) against the Padres on April 4, 2017. (credit: SNY broadcast)Nolan McLean racked up seven strikeouts for the 14th time in his first 25 big league games.

The only other pitchers to debut since 2015 and post that many seven-strikeout performances in their first 25 outings are Paul Skenes (17), Jacob Misiorowski (15), and Chase Burns (15).WEDNESDAYFrancisco Lindor has hit a solo homer in three of his past four games at Rogers Centre in Toronto, dating back to a ninth-inning, no-hitter-ending homer on September 11, 2024 against Bowden Francis (see Saturday’s entries for more on that game). All three homers came on fastballs between 91.

9 mph and 93.0 mph.With his 10th homer of the season, Benge is already just the fourth Mets rookie to record 10 homers, 10 doubles, and 10 steals, joining: Darryl Strawberry (1983),