Is Lucas Duda ready to bust out?

If you haven’t noticed, Lucas Duda is in quite the zone lately. Since July 20, Duda is batting .405 with seven RBI’s while finally delivering on some of his power potential by slugging two home runs in the past week. Are we ready to see the new Lucas Duda? With the highly anticipated departure of Carlos Beltran becoming official this week, Duda has firmly entrenched himself as the heir apparent in rightfield. It’s time to see if Duda, does in fact, have a potential long term future with the Mets. As of Friday, Duda owns a respectable .283/.359/.465 slash line. What Duda does remarkably well is get on base via the walk while making productive outs. Duda has 15 walks on the year and has a very commendable .359 on-base percentage as a result. In the last 16 games it has been even better, as Duda has been walked nine times, while only striking out three times. What was missing from Duda’s game for most of the year, was remarkably his power. So, the two home runs hit in the last week ...