It’s an harm record that has included at numerous factors Juan Soto (twice), Jorge Polanco (twice), Francisco Lindor, Luis Robert Jr., Marcus Semien, Francisco Alvarez and Mark Vientos.
The Mets have been set to play their 129th recreation this season Saturday evening, and Bichette had appeared in all however one of them.
It’s the sort of durability he can cautiously admire after lacking important motion the earlier two seasons.
“Part of it is luck, right?” Bichette stated earlier than the Mets confronted the White Sox at Rate Field. “I think I did a good job of getting strong this offseason. I didn’t have much of a choice after injuries two years ago and then last year with the knee. But I think I did a good job to get strong enough to get a whole season.”
It in all probability hasn’t damage that Bichette, 28, switched to a bodily much less demanding place at third base after enjoying shortstop his first seven seasons within the main leagues.
Even so, Bichette performed shortstop for a lot of the two-month stretch Lindor was sidelined by a calf pressure.
But freak accidents usually can’t be averted.
Last season with the Blue Jays, Bichette sustained a knee harm in a house plate collision and missed the ultimate month of the common season and most of the postseason earlier than returning for the World Series.
In 2024, a calf pressure restricted Bichette to showing in 81 video games.
“The key to it is make sure you give it enough time because with the calf just walking puts stress on it,” Bichette stated. “That is why it’s the toughest injury to come back from, I think.”
The Mets are seeing their finest model of Bichette in August.
He entered play with a .947 OPS for the month and on Friday hit his thirteenth residence run of the season.
With the surge, Bichette owned a .706 OPS for the season, the very best it has been all yr.
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It coincided largely with the Mets enjoying their finest baseball of 2026, with 11 victories in 16 video games coming into play.
“I’m just focused on finishing strong,” Bichette stated. “The competitor in me sees the opportunity for me to still have a good year and I am still focused on that too, but I just want to have a strong finish. In a way I am proud of my ability to come back from a tough couple of months to start the season. Also knowing that a tough couple of months doesn’t make your season.”
As for the Mets’ improved play, Bichette stated the Aug. 3 commerce deadline — at which level a number of veteran gamers have been dealt to different groups — served as a reset level.
“The burden of having a bad season was kind of lifted when the trade deadline happened,” Bichette stated. “It gave the guys ability to just go out there and try to become better baseball players. Go out there and just try to win and it’s been real fun.”
Bichette, who can decide out from his three-year contract price $126 million after the season, stated it’s nonetheless too early to say which route he’ll head.
But it’s clear Bichette is pondering strongly a few attainable return subsequent yr.
“I think there are a lot of positive things,” Bichette stated. “I am having a really good time right here right now. There are a lot of really good young players that make it fun to come here and a lot of really good players that have been around, so I am enjoying my time here.”