These Are The On a regular basis Vehicles Mets Gamers Drive

Meet the Mets! Meet the Mets! A pair weeks again, we regarded on the surprisingly boring automobiles owned by present Yankees gamers, and now we have got footage of Mets gamers leaving Citi Area to show which is the superior New York staff. It is the Mets, after all, however I am not simply saying that as a result of I am a Brooklyn resident with a Mets hat on my bedside desk and a Metropolis Join jersey in my closet — I am additionally saying it as a result of Mets gamers drive extra attention-grabbing automobiles than these fancy American League gamers up within the Bronx. 

Instagram consumer baseball_kam99, who beforehand captured these Yankees gamers driving away from Yankee Stadium, additionally posted the Mets model of the participant exit reel. It options pitchers Edwin Diaz and Clay Holmes, first baseman Pete Alonso, shortstop Francisco Lindor, and proper fielder Juan Soto — presumably, all different gamers merely hopped on the 7 prepare to go residence. We could have a subway collection arising this weekend, however the Mets have already gained the automotive collection. Let’s take a look at what they gained with. 

Edwin Diaz left Citi Area behind the wheel of a facelifted Lincoln Aviator, which suggests the automobile cannot be all that previous. It is not a efficiency monster, however the Aviator is a handsome car for its phase — I am a sucker for daytime working lights that poke into the middle of a automobile’s entrance finish like that, the way in which they do on the A90 Toyota Supra. 

Diaz’s Aviator is boring previous black, which does dock the pitcher some factors for not selecting Lincoln’s bizarre muted blue-green hue, however no less than the darkish shade makes the crossover’s shiny accents pop all of the extra. It additionally makes the Aviator lettering down the facet of the entrance fender extra legible on a compressed Instagram video, which was immensely useful in figuring out Diaz drove an Aviator or a Nautilus. They only look so related on a vertical video, with half the display taken up by a headshot. 

Pete Alonso, nevertheless, will get full factors on shade. His Vary Rover is within the press shade, that heat pale beige that nearly fades totally to silver underneath direct gentle. I think about a shade like that’s absolute hell to maintain clear, however Alonso appears to handle — his automobile is glowing within the Instagram clip. 

Seeing Alonso within the Vary Rover actually sells simply how large the present technology of the crossover is. The primary baseman is 6’3″, however the Vary Rover completely dwarfs him. He appears to be like small inside, hidden behind that tall beltline and tucked away within the width of the inside. The Vary Rover simply appears to be like downright cavernous, even with such a tall particular person within the driver’s seat. It makes one marvel what that SUV should seem like when somebody of common top is sitting in it, or how excessive you’d have to place the seat simply to see out the edges correctly. How do regular individuals look out the window earlier than opening the door in a decent spot to make sure they don’t seem to be hitting something?

Y’know what not one of the Yankees had of their Instagram reel? An EV! Francisco Lindor does, although, as a result of he cares in regards to the future. Or possibly simply because it is cool-looking and easy to drive. That is additionally a risk, however I will hold believing that Lindor went for the electrical Escalade out of a want to do proper by the planet. A drop within the bucket that’s Queens, positive, however higher than nothing. 

It’s kind of robust to inform within the clip, however plainly Lindor’s Escalade IQ is completed up in Cadillac’s Sandstone shade. It’s kind of extra attention-grabbing than a plain white, with some added depth and heat, nevertheless it’s nonetheless fairly near that base shade — shut sufficient that this could be Vibrant White Tricoat. I would imagine both one, and I additionally imagine that Instagram video compression is deeply irritating.

It is admittedly slightly bit unclear whether or not the satin black Escalade-V within the clip truly belongs to Juan Soto or not, given the be aware within the video that “He wasn’t driving,” however a high-output Escalade definitely appears to be a “well-known athlete” sort of car. Soto’s Escalade predates the narrow-eye facelift the SUV acquired final yr, so it is not as new as among the others within the Citi Area parking zone, however I’ve at all times been a fan of the pre-facelift aesthetic with the broader headlights. 

The satin black exterior, although, I’m pointedly not a fan of. Even in a brief, compressed video, Soto’s Escalade appears to be like visibly smudged. Satin finishes are unimaginable to maintain easy and clear — if a baseball participant underneath the most costly contract in sports activities historical past cannot hold smudges off his automobile, nobody can. The limo tint, too, will get a thumbs down from me. New York is well-lit at night time, positive, however even the town that by no means sleeps will get too darkish for home windows like that. 

Clay Holmes, a recent convert to the Mets after years on the Yankees, drives maybe essentially the most pedestrian automobile of the bunch: A Mercedes-Benz GLE. It is not clear precisely which trim degree he has, nevertheless it’s not an AMG — although it does have the AMG Line look package deal. This can be a automobile that may’ve match proper in with the remainder of the Yankees up within the Bronx, however down at Citi Area it appears like an understated alternative. Holmes is underneath a three-year contract, although, so there’s nonetheless time to get him into one thing extra attention-grabbing. 

Actually, Clay, for those who want recommendation on what to get, be at liberty to ask. Write in to What Automobile Ought to You Purchase, and the New York Jalops will get you sorted with a automobile befitting your station. Simply be warned, the opposite two of us right here within the metropolis are Yankees followers — their style cannot at all times be trusted.