DJ Stewart’s blistering hot month near the end of last season was one of the few bright spots in the second half in 2023. Signed to a minor league deal last February, Stewart burst into the gaping void left by some of the players the Mets traded away and was the team’s hottest hitter for a few weeks. He donned a bubblegum bucket crown. It was great fun.
Though he ran out of gas at the end of the season and hit a slump in September, so impressed were the Mets by the DJ Stewart Resurgence that they chose to tender him a contract, virtually guaranteeing him a roster spot in 2024.