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The Mets finished up their west coast trip on a high note this week, taking two of three from the Los Angeles Dodgers before heading north to San Francisco and splitting a four-game set with the Giants. During that stretch, Brandon Nimmo put on a masterclass at the plate while Joey Lucchesi returned from Tommy John surgery with a vengeance.

Hitter of the Week

If there was any doubt that Brandon Nimmo was among the league’s elite, then his performance this week should’ve erased it.

Nimmo, who was coming off a strong showing in Oakland the weekend prior, opened up the Dodgers series on Monday with a three-hit performance. Wednesday’s game was the pinnacle though, as he recorded a hit in each of his five at-bats while also driving in two runs. One of those hits was a two-run homer and his first long ball of the year, which came off of former teammate Noah Syndergaard and gave the Mets a 2-1 lead in the fifth inning.

Nimmo kept things rolling in the Bay Area, recording multiple hits in each of the first two games against the Giants. Then, in the third inning on Saturday, Nimmo blasted his second homer of the year off Logan Webb to the deepest part of Oracle Park.

Nimmo finished the week with a slash line of .452/.438/.710 to go with two home runs and 5 RBI. He is currently the league leader in fWAR with 1.6.

Pitcher of the Week

In his first MLB appearance since June of 2021, Joey Lucchesi picked up a struggling Mets rotation and had perhaps the best start of any pitcher on the team this year.

Expectations weren’t high going into Lucchesi’s start on Friday night, nor should they have been considering he was coming off of a major injury and was still re-acclimating himself to pitching in a game setting. Regardless, he blew them out of the water and completely stymied the Giants.

Lucchesi ran into some trouble early on in the first as he let two of the first three batters get on-base, but a J.D. Davis double-play ended that threat. That would end up being San Francisco’s greatest scoring chance, as Lucchesi locked in during the middle innings.

After striking out just one batter in the first three innings, Lucchesi recorded eight of them over his final four innings of work. That total included him striking out the side during the seventh inning to put a capper on his magnificent outing.

In total, Lucchesi threw seven shutout innings while giving up just four hits and two walks and striking out nine on 97 pitches.