d’Arnaud losing playing time due to slump

WASHINGTON — As the Mets continue to chug toward what is looking more and more like a postseason berth, they are beginning to enjoy production from players — Curtis Granderson the prime example — who struggled for most of the regular season.

One conspicuous exception has been Travis d’Arnaud. Mired in a year-long slump, d’Arnaud has all but lost his starting job behind the plate; the Mets used Rene Rivera at catcher Wednesday for the third time in four games, despite it being a day game after a night game. The situation is far less about Rivera than it is about d’Arnaud, who has simply never become dangerous at the plate.

“It’s pretty frustrating,” manager Terry Collins said. “I try to sit with the hitting guys and talk about it, but we don’t have any real answers for you. They tried to look at the swing pretty intently, and there’s not a lot of differences in swing path from last year to this year. He’s just not driving the ball.”

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