05:21Nimmo, just as important, tied the game in the fifth inning, three-run homer off of Taylor Rodgers.
05:26It's his career best 25th homer.
05:29He reminds me so much career arc of Brett Gardner.
05:33If you remember, Gardner faster, but Gardner starts center field, eventually moves to left field, starts as a guy who walks a lot, more of a basic guy, a hustle guy, who over the time learns how to pull the ball and hit homers.
05:47The homer is the 25th for Nimmo.
05:49It's his career best, just as important.
05:52It was his eighth homer off of a lefty pitcher this year.
05:55His best before this was five in 2022 and 234 plate appearances.
06:04This is eight in 194.
06:05I asked him about this the other day, and he said to me he wanted to be a regular player.
06:11He realized a couple of years ago that meant he's got to figure out a way to hit lefties a lot better.
06:15The Mets started to use a lefty batting practice pitcher a lot more often.
06:20And what Brandon would say to the pitcher is make it tough on me, come closer than 60 feet, throw as hard as you can, spin it.
06:28And this has been a progression to learn how to do some damage against lefty pitching.
06:33And as you know, if you've watched the Mets this year, teams are going to unleash lefty pitching, including the next two nights when the Cubs are starting Matt Boyd and Shota Imanaga.
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