Jesse Winker has established himself as a fan favourite in only a few quick months with the Mets.
One of many Mets’ few acquisitions on the commerce deadline, Winker’s boisterous persona bought underneath the pores and skin of different groups and he was seen fun celebrating the NLDS win on Wednesday over Phyllis with what seemed to be a cigar within the clubhouse.
On SNY’s postgame present, Winker stared blankly into the empty clubhouse whereas smoking whereas the studio analysts laughed on the sight of him.
“Jesse Winker (begins laughing) he is having time on the market,” the present that includes Todd Zale, Gary Apple and Gary Cohen stated after the sport because the digicam panned to Winker.
Throughout this humorous second, Winker didn’t put on the standard Mets celebration T-shirt, however as an alternative wore a backwards hat and a black tank prime.
“Jesse Winker is OUR sociopath and we LOVE him,” wrote one X person.
Winker was additionally seen FaceTiming Cavaliers star and Mets tremendous fan Donovan Mitchell after the sport.
The bearded outfielder primarily performs towards right-handed pitchers and has performed in 5 of the Mets’ seven postseason video games.
Throughout Recreation 1 towards the Brewers within the wild card sequence, Winker hit a game-changing two-run triple and was seen barking back and forth with shortstop Willie Adames.
He then emphatically hit his helmet after scoring an insurance coverage run within the decisive Recreation 3.
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Winker had a disappointing season with the Brewers final season and signed with the Nationals this offseason earlier than being shipped to Flushing.
He’s anticipated to hit the open market as a free agent in 2024 if the Mets don’t re-sign him earlier than then.
“He performs baseball as a center infielder,” Pete Alonso stated of Winker. “He is simply full intense, full bore on a regular basis. He’s all the time extraordinarily energetic and you like that.
Winker figured he would play a giant function in who the Mets face within the subsequent spherical, as neither the Padres nor Dodgers have many lefties.
The Phillies, alternatively, had Christopher Sanchez and Ranger Suarez to maintain Winker on the bench in the course of the NLDS.
Recreation 1 of the NLCS can be in California on Sunday evening, the one query is whether or not the Mets will fly to San Diego or Los Angeles.
