PHOENIX, ARIZONA - JUNE 01: Tomas Nido #3 of the New York Mets gets ready in the batters box against the Arizona Diamondbacks at Chase Field on June 01, 2021 in Phoenix, Arizona. (Photo by Norm Hall/Getty Images)
In Sunday’s finale against the San Diego Padres, the New York Mets made a move nobody expected to see. Light on the bench, some late-game maneuvering shifted catcher Tomas Nido out from behind the plate and over to third base beginning in the eighth inning.
In the bottom of the eighth, playing third base for the first time in his professional career, Nido drove in a run with a single.