These Are The On a regular basis Vehicles Mets Gamers Drive

Meet the Mets! Meet the Mets! A pair weeks again, we appeared on the surprisingly boring automobiles owned by present Yankees gamers, and now we have footage of Mets gamers leaving Citi Area to show which is the superior New York workforce. 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 dwelling. We might have a subway collection arising this weekend, however the Mets have already gained the automotive collection. Let us take a look at what they gained with. 

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

Diaz’s Aviator is boring previous black, which does dock the pitcher some factors for not choosing Lincoln’s bizarre muted blue-green hue, however not less than the darkish shade makes the crossover’s vivid 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 comparable on a vertical video, with half the display taken up by a headshot. 

Pete Alonso, nonetheless, will get full factors on shade. His Vary Rover is within the press shade, that heat pale beige that just about fades completely to silver beneath direct gentle. I think about a shade like that’s absolute hell to maintain clear, however Alonso appears to handle — his automotive 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 individual within the driver’s seat. It makes one marvel what that SUV should appear like when somebody of common top is sitting in it, or how excessive you’d must place the seat simply to see out the perimeters correctly. How do regular folks look out the window earlier than opening the door in a good 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 perhaps simply because it is cool-looking and clean to drive. That is additionally a chance, however I’ll 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 is a bit robust to inform within the clip, however plainly Lindor’s Escalade IQ is finished up in Cadillac’s Sandstone shade. It is a bit 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 might be Vibrant White Tricoat. I would consider both one, and I additionally consider that Instagram video compression is deeply irritating.

It is admittedly a little bit bit unclear whether or not the satin black Escalade-V within the clip really belongs to Juan Soto or not, given the observe 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 received final yr, so it is not as new as a few of the others within the Citi Area car parking zone, however I’ve all the time 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 clean and clear — if a baseball participant beneath the most costly contract in sports activities historical past cannot hold smudges off his automotive, 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 automotive of the bunch: A Mercedes-Benz GLE. It isn’t clear precisely which trim degree he has, nevertheless it’s not an AMG — although it does have the AMG Line look bundle. It is a automotive that may’ve match proper in with the remainder of the Yankees up within the Bronx, however down at Citi Area it seems like an understated selection. Holmes is beneath a three-year contract, although, so there’s nonetheless time to get him into one thing extra attention-grabbing. 

In actual fact, Clay, should you 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 automotive befitting your station. Simply be warned, the opposite two of us right here within the metropolis are Yankees followers — their style cannot all the time be trusted.