Bo Bichette owns 'terrible' at-bats, struggles from chasing Mets moment after difficult opening weekend

At times during the first three games of his Mets tenure, Bo Bichette was unrecognizable at home plate. The former American League batting champion is 1 for 14. The man who had a better average with runners in scoring position than any player in baseball last year went hitless with one sacrifice fly in six tries this weekend.

And the player so tough to strike out that the Mets gave him $42 million not to do it for them struck out eight times in three games, swinging through pitches up and the zone and down at his back foot, alike. He did not, in other words, look much like Bo Bichette. “I’m not familiar with it either,” he admitted, eye black still pulled across his face after the Mets’ 10-inning loss to the Pirates Sunday .

“… I think I’ve just gotta be more committed, more committed in the process. I definitely find myself trying to have a moment out there. ” Who knows where 158 more games will lead Bichette, who also spent this weekend working through growing pains at third base.

But it could turn out that Bichette’s first “moment” as a Met came late Sunday afternoon, when the soft-spoken 28-year-old was not shy about an opening weekend so bad for him personally that it led to some Citi Field boos. “If anything, I thought it took too long,” Bichette said. “I get it.