Michael Conforto: Former Mets 2015 NL Champion Out Fielder & Tenth on Mets All Time HR List (2015 - 2021)

Michael Thomas Conforto was born on March 1st, 1993, in Woodinville, Washington. Michael comes from a family full of athletes. 

His father was a football, linebacker at Penn. State University. His sister, Jacqueline was a college soccer player.

Gold Medal Mom: Michael's mother, Tracy Ruiz Conforto was a two-time Olympic Gold Medalist in both the 1984 & 1988 Olympics in synchronized swimming.

In 2004 Michael played in the Little League World Series for the Northwest Region.

In high school the honor roll student played short stop on the baseball team & was a standout safety in football. 

He was recruited by several Ivy League schools for football & was also sought after for baseball. He chose to stick with baseball & play at Oregon State.

College Baseball: In his first year, Michael was voted Freshman Hitter of the Year batting .349 with 13 HRs & setting a school record with 76 RBIs. In his sophomore year, he was named All American, leading his Oregon Beavers to the College World Series, where he went 7-14, getting named to the All-Tournament Team. In his off seasons he played for USA Collegiate National teams.

In 2013 he batted .345, named the Pac 12 Player of the Year & was named a first-team All-American. He went into 2014 as the pre season, Sporting News College Player of the Year. 

The six foot one, left hand hitting outfielder, throws right-handed. He attended Oregon State University getting drafted by the New York Mets in the first round in 2014 (the #10 pick overall).  

Minor Leagues: Conforto's pro career began that same year with the Brooklyn Cyclones. That year he led his club in batting (.331) & in HRs (3) while playing in 42 games. He started 2015 with the St. Lucie Mets where he hit .283 with 7 HRs & 28 RBIs in 46 games.

In late May, he got promoted to the AA Binghamton Mets where he continued his hot hitting. Conforto batted .312 with 5 HRs & 26 RBIs in 45 games, getting named to play in the 2015 Futures Game.

With the New York Mets struggling to score runs & an injury to Michael Cuddyer, the team decided to promote Conforto right up to the big-league level. At this point in time, he was rated as the organizations best hitting prospect. 

Mets Debut: On July 24th, 2015, Conforto made his debut in the big leagues starting in left field and going 0-3 in a loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers. He became the 1,000 the Met in franchise history.

The young man said he got chills as the Citi Field crowd of 36,666 greeted him with a nice ovation. In the 5th inning he collected his first RBI as Lucas Duda scored when he grounded out.

Four Hit Game: The next night, in his second career game Conforto collected four hits, including back-to-back doubles along with two singles a walk & an RBI in the Mets 12-5 win over the Dodgers. He also scored four runs in the game. 

Mets History: He became the first Mets player in team history to have a four-hit game within his first two career games.

On July 31st when the Mets traded for Yoenis Cespedes, Conforto was sent back down to the minor leagues to develop his young career. But four days later when Kirk Nieuwenhuis went on the DL, Conforto was back in the big leagues. By this time the Mets had now tied for first place. 

First Career HR: On August 3rd, in his first game back Conforto hit his first career HR, a three run shot off the Marlins Tom Koehler in a 12-1 Mets win in Florida. 

That night the team took over sole possession of first place.

Conforto drove in runs the next two games, including hitting a game tying single in the top of the 9th inning at Tampa, as New York came from behind to beat the Rays 4-3. Conforto scored the game winning run on Wilmer Flores RBI hit. 

Thru his first nine games, Conforto had eight RBIs & eight runs scored in his first nine games.

On August 15th he hit his second HR coming in a 5-3 loss to the Pirates. On August 21st later he hit another HR in a Mets win at Colorado. On August 31st, he brought his average up over .290 also hitting his fourth HR of the season helping the Mets in a 3-1 win over the Phillies at Citi Field. By now the Mets had built up a six-game lead over the Nationals in the division.

In a hot September he was a big contributor to the Mets offense & run at the NL East title. Along with the newly acquired Yoenis Cespedes the Mets outfield all of a sudden had power & lots of hits out of their spots in the lineup. Conforto, Cespedes and veteran newcomers Kelly Johnson & Juan Uribe turned around a Mets team that struggled for hits & runs earlier in the year.

In the first seven days of September, Conforto hit two HRs & drove in five runs in five games he played in. 

On September 7th, he hit a HR off the Nat's Max Scherzer in an 8-5 Mets win in the first game of a three-game sweep in Washington D.C. On September 13th toward the end of the Mets eight game win streak, Conforto hit a two run HR in a 10-7 win & sweep of a series against the Braves in Atlanta.

On September 21st, he hit another HR against the Braves helping Jon Niese & the bullpen in a 4-0 shut out at Citi Field.

Since his arrival in August, Conforto had 13 multi-hit games, with 9 HRs with 23 RBIs. In a total of 56 games, he had 47 hits batting .270 with 9 HRs 14 doubles & 26 RBIs. He played primarily in left field, making six assists with a 1.000 fielding %.

2015 Post Season- NLDS: In the NLDS win over the Dodgers, Conforto sat in Game #1 as Michael Cuddyer got the start. 

In the Mets Game #2 loss at Dodger Stadium, Conforto got the start in left field while batting seventh. In the top of the 2nd inning three batters after Yoenis Cespedes had homered, Conforto hit a solo HR off Zack Greinke giving the Mets a 2-0 lead, although they would lose the game 5-2.

Conforto played in the next three NLDS games but went hitless. The Mets won the NLDS three games to two.

2015 NLCS: Conforto played in three of the four games in the NLCS sweep of the Chicago Cubs going 0-8 with a walk.

2015 World Series: Michael Conforto was thrilled to be playing the World Series, having been in the minor leagues just two months before & playing College ball just a year earlier.

On October 27th, in Game #1 of the World Series at Kansas City, Conforto hit a 6th inning sac fly off Edinson Volquez driving in Yoenis Cespedes for the Mets second run.

In the Mets Game #2 loss, Conforto went a hitless 0-3.

In Game #3, the World Series came to Citi Field for the first time in the Stadiums history. The Mets won the game 9-3 behind Noah Syndergaard's pitching as the Mets offense finally came to life. 

In the bottom of the 4th inning Conforto hit an RBI single driving in Lucas Duda with the Mets fifth run giving them a 5-3 lead.

 Second Met to Have a Multi-HR World Series Game: In the Mets Game #4 heartbreaking 5-3 loss, the Met offense was highlighted by Conforto's two HRs. In the 3rd inning he connected off Danny Duffy & then Chris Young in the 5th inning. Conforto became the second Met in franchise history to have a multi-HR World Series Game with Gay Carter doing it in 1986.

He had two of the Mets six hits on the night. 

In the final Game#5, Conforto had two more hits in the 7-2 loss. In the 9th inning he singled but was stranded on base & was the last Met to walk off the field as the Royals celebrated behind him. The Mets only managed for hits in the game. 

Overall, in the World Series, Conforto led the Mets in batting .333 (for batters with more than two at bats) & was one of four Mets to have five hits. He was second in HRs (2) & RBIs (4) in the Series for the Mets as well.Overall, in 12 post season games, he had two six hits (6-30) batting .200 with 3 HRs & 6 RBIs.

Trivia: Conforto became the third player in MLB history to have played in the Little League World Series, College World Series & MLB World Series.

After the Pennant- 2016: The 2016 season, started out well for Conforto as he finished April batting .365 4 HRs & 18 RBIs. On April 8th he had a three RBI Day on a 7-2 Mets win over the Phillies at Citi Field. In mid-April he drove in three runs with a HR as the Mets took two of three in Cleveland against the eventual AL Champions.

Mets Doubles Record: From April 24th thru April 30th, Conforto tied a Mets record with doubles in six straight games matching Joe Christopher (1964).

On April 24th he drove in two runs in the Mets 3-2 win at Atlanta over the Braves. In a six-game stretch from April 24th to April 30th he drove in ten runs during an eight-game hit streak where he collected 15 hits. 

By mid-May his average fell below .300 until his next hot streak. On May 7th, he would hit a HR  then hit safely in nine of eleven games. On May 17th at Citi Field, he hit a solo HR off the Nat's Max Scherzer, in a 2-0 Noah Syndergaard (Addison Reed-Jeurys Familia) combined shut out.

On May 20th, he hit a solo HR, off the Brewers Wily Peralta helping in a 3-2 Mets win at Citi Field. On June 4th, his 8th inning hit off David Phelps in Miami put the Mets ahead in a 6-4 win. 

On June 8th in Pittsburgh, he drove in three runs including a game tying HR to help the Mets in a 6-5 win over the Pirates. At Citi Field he would hit another HR against the Pirates a week later.

From May 24th to June 24th, he had just eight hits in 84 plate appearances in 25 games, as his average plummeted to .222. 

On June 24th he was sent down to AA Las Vegas as the Mets called up Brandon Nimmo, one of the team's top prospects at that time.

Conforto returned in mid-July & began to play in right & center field as well as his usual left field spot. At this point he was used mostly as a reserve outfielder & without the Mets giving him an everyday chance to play, it may have affected his game for the worst.

On August 7th in a 3-1 win at Detroit, he finally hit his first HR in nearly two months, coming off Anibal Sanchez.

On September 18th at Citi Field, in the middle of the September pennant race, he had a multi-two RBI game with a two run single off the Twins Gabriel Ynoa.

Multi- Three RBI Game: On September 23rd at Citi Field, Michael hit a three run HR off the
Phillies Frank Herman in a 10-5 win. It was his 12th HR of the season.

From September 19th thru the 26th the Mets lost five of eight games but then they won four straight in their last five games, earning a wild card spot. Overall they finished second going 87-75.

2016 Post Season: Conforto did not play in the Mets Wild Card Game loss to the Giants

Overall, in a disappointing 2016 season, he hit .220, struggling mightily against lefties, with 12 HRs 21 doubles & 42 RBIs.

In the off season, the Mets resigned Yoenis Cespedes but could not find any takers for Jay Bruce in the trade market. Those actions left Conforto's future with the team uncertain. 

Roomies: Early in his career, while playing in New York Conforto was living on the Upper East side with Noah Syndergaard up to the 2017 season. He then got a place of his own, preferring one of the quieter neighborhoods in Manhattan. 

2017: As 2017 began, Conforto lost his starting role & was penciled in as the fourth outfielder. But a hot April had him batting .321 with 6 HRs 13 RBIs in the month. 

From April 9th to the 15th, he drove in runs in five of six games with a pair of HRs. 

Multi-HR Game: On April 29th in D.C. he had his first career multi-HR game as he hit HRs off Steven Strasburg & Enny Romero driving in three runs helping the Mets in a 5-3 win over the Nationals.

In May he regained his starting role as he hit seven more HRs & drove in 21 runs. From May 14th to the 25th, he hit five HRs 

Multi- HR Four RBI Game: On May 23rd at Citi Field, in a 9-3 win over the Padres he had his second multi-HR game  with long balls off Jhoulys Chancin & Craig Stammen while collecting four RBIs. 

2017 All Star Game: As the Mets suffered injuries that season, Conforto became the team's best player. At the break after 70 games, he was hitting .284 with 14 HRs & 41 RBIs. He was named as the Mets only representative to the All-Star Game held in Miami. In the NL's 2-1 loss, Conforto got two at bats collecting a base hit off Roberto Osuna in the 7th inning.

Multi- Four RBI Games: Conforto would match his season high four RBI game high two more times. On July 14th, in a 14-2 Mets win over the Rockies at Citi Field he hit a three run HR off Jordan Lyles, adding another RBI later in the game on a groun out.

On July 21st in a 7-5 Met win over Oakland at Citi Field, Conforto had his third multi-HR game of the year, with HRs off Paul Blackburn & Frankie Montas. It also was his third multi-four RBI game.

Mets Trivia: On July 28th, he had his fourth multi-HR game of the year reaching 20 HRs, becoming the second Met after David Wright (2006) to hit 20 HRs at age 24 or younger. Conforto also became the first Mets player to have four multi-HR games while batting in the lead off spot.

Five Straight Hits For HRs: From August 5th thru August 13th, Conforto had five straight hits go for HRs becoming the fifth Mets player to have at least five straight hits go for HRs (Bobby Bonilla, Ike Davis, Lucas Duda & Neil Walker).

Season Ending Injury: On August 24th, he injured himself while swinging at a pitch tearing the posterior capsule in his left shoulder. He missed the remained of the season & opted to get the surgery. 

Conforto ended 2017 with 27 HRs & 68 RBIs (both second on the club to Jay Bruce). He had 104 hits with 20 doubles 57 walks 113 Ks, a .384 on base % & .939 OPS in 109 games. 

In the outfield he posted a .984 fielding % with five assists. 52 games in left, 43 in center & 11 in right.

2018: To start out the 2018 season, he played his first game on April 5th in Washington D.C. hitting a HR & driving in two runs.

Conforto would reach base safely in his first twenty games, the ninth longest streak in team history,

On May 11th his two run HR helped the Mets to a 3-1 win at Philadelphia. 

Four Hit Game: On May 18th, Michael had a season best four hit game while driving in two runs in a 3-1 win over the D-backs at home.

He hit another HR on May 19th, helping the Mets in a 5-4 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks, in a game where Wilmer Flores provided the walk off sac fly RBI. 

At the same time this week he was struggling just to keep his average over .200.

Multi- Four RBI Game: On June 16th, in a5-1 win at Arizona, Conforto led the charge with his first multi-four game of the season, In the top of the 2nd he hit a three run HR off Patrick Corbin & added an RBI double in the 6th inning.

From July 14th to the 27th, Conforto had a hot streak in as he hit four HRs with a dozen RBIs & a dozen hits. 

Overall in the second half of the season he would hit 17 HRs driving in 52 runs fourth most in the NL.

In August he hit HRs in back-to-back games including one in the Mets subway series win. Later that week he had three hits & a HR in the Mets 24-4 romp over Philadelphia. 

Multi-Four RBI Games: On August 16th, in a loss at Philadelphia he had his third multi-four RBI game while collecting three hits.

On August 28th at Citi Field, he had his fourth game of the year with at least four RBIs coming in a 6-3 win over the Giants. In another three hit game he hit his 18th HR of the year, this one coming off Tony Watson.

In September he had his best offensive production of the season, in the first two weeks of the month he hit 6 HRs with 17 hits & 15 RBIs. 

In the month he became the first Met since Carlos Beltran (2006) to hit at least nine HRs & drive in 29 runs in a month. In the month he had seven multi-RBI games as well.

HRs in Three Straight Games: From September 8th thru September 11th, Conforto hit HRs in three straight games for the first time in his career, while driving in six runs. From September 4th thru the 17th, he drove in twenty runs in a 13 game span.

Multi- Four RBI Game: On September 9th, in a 6-4 win over the Phillies he had his fifth multi- Four RBI game, hitting a three run HR for his 23rd of the year. He had an RBI single earlier in the game.

On September 13th, in the second game of a double header, his solo HR off Kyle Barraclough tied the game up at 3-3. Todd Frazier's walk off HR beat the Miami Marlins 4-3, in a n exciting win. 

Multi-Six RBI Game: On September 17th in a 9-4 win at Philadelphia, he had a career best
multi-six RBI game. On the night he hit a  three run HR off Austin Davis,  along with a two run single & RBI double. 

Philly Killer: On the season Conforto drove in 19 runs in 17 games played against the Phillies. Only Mike Piazza (2002) & Darryl Strawberry (1987) have ever drove in more runs against the team in a season.

On September 23rd, he had his tenth multi- RBI game where he had driven in at least three runs.

In the Mets poor 2018 season, Conforto led the team in HRs (28). Michael was the ninth Mets player in franchise history to hit at least 27 HRs in consecutive seasons. He hit 17 of his HRs on road & was one of just five left handed hitters to hit double digit HRs off lefty pitchers.

He drew walks (84) RBIs (82) & runs scored (78). He batted .243 with 132 hits, a .350 on base % & .797 OPS. His 84 walks were 8th most in the NL & his 159 strike outs 7th highest. 

He spent the most time in left field (84 games) with 58 in center & 12 in right. Overall, he had five assists with a .990 fielding %.

2019: Conforto went into the season as the Mets main right fielder.

After a hitless Opening Day he hit safely in 14 of 16 games with seven multi hit games.

HRs In Three Straight Games: From April 6th thru April 9th, Conforto hit HRs in three straight games for the second time in his career. On April 7th, his 9th inning shot off the Nat's Joe Ross was a three run shot. Later in the month he would hit HRs in two straight games at Philadelphia.

Two games later he had another multi-three RBI game in a win over the Twins at Citi Field. In April he was second to Pete Alonso with 14 RBIs in the month.

On May 5th, Conforto homered in back-to-back games for the third time as he helped the Mets in both wins over the Marlins at Citi Field. In late May he hit four HRs over an eight-game span. 

Grand Slam- Five RBI Game: On May 28th in a 7-3 win at Los Angeles, Conforto hit his first career grand slam. In the top of the 7th inning his granny came off  Scott Alexander breaking open a 2-2 tie leading to the Mets win. Conforto had also driven in the first run of the game on a fielders choice. The five RBI game would be his season high & the second time in his career he drove in as many in a game.

In June he had a ten-game hit streak, connecting for six HRs with 14 RBIs in the month. On June 21st, he homered off Yu Darvish in the 6th inning tying up the game in which the Mets went on to win after Jeff McNeil's 7th inning RBI single.

On July 2nd in a Citi Field subway series game, he drove in two runs, including an 8th inning RBI double off  Zack Briton  which was the game winning run.

Mets Get Hot: The Mets went on a seven game losing streak finding themselves ten games under .500. But from July 13th thru August 22nd they went 22-9 finding themselves in the wild card race. They had put together, a four game win streak, then a six game win streak & an eight game win streak, winning 15 of 16 games at the end of July.

From July 27-July 30th Conforto homered in three straight games for the second time on the season. On July 27th he hit a solo shot off the Pirates Trevor Williams in a 3-0 Steven Matz shut out at Citi Field. The next afternoon he started the Mets six run 1st inning with his 20th HR of the season, a two run shot off the Pirates Chris Archer in an eventual 6-5 win. 

On July 30th as the Mets moved to a series in Chicago with the White Sox, he homered in the first game win. The next night, in the the top of the 9th inning of a 1-1 game, Todd Frazier singled home the go ahead run. Conforto followed in the inning with a two run single leading to the Mets eventual 4-2 comeback win. 

On August 4th at Pittsburgh, Conforto collected a pair of hits while hitting his 22nd HR of the season, in the Mets 13-2 win over the Pirates. 

Consecutive HR & Multi-Three RBI Games: On August 5th at Citi Field, he homered in the second game of a double header sweep of the Marlins going back-to-back with Pete Alonso. He drove in three runs with a two run single earlier in the 5-4 victory. 

Multi- HR Game: On August 7th, hit had his first multi-HR game of the season, with HRs off Jordan Yamamoto & Jose Quijada for a multi- three RBI game. It was the sixth time on the season he had back-to-back HR games as well.

Fish Killer: On the season he would hit .440 collecting 22 hits with eight HRs & 17 RBIs in the 15 games he played vs. the Marlins, by far the most production of any opponent. 

The Mets won 15 of 16 games in this stretch of the season.

Walk Off Hit: On Friday August 9th, the Mets went into the bottom of the 9th inning, down 6-3 to the Washington Nationals. Todd Frazier tied the game with an exciting three run HR off Sean Doolittle. 

Joe Panik then singled, with Juan Lagares coming in as a pinch runner. With two outs, Amed Rosario singled putting runners on second & third for Conforto. He delivered with a base hit into right field driving in Lagares with the walk off game winning, run. The exciting win had the Citi Field crowd go wild.

Multi- Four RBI Game: On August 18th in an 11-5 win at Citi Field, Conforto hit his 26th HR, a 1st inning three-run shot off Kansas City's Glenn Sparkman. He added an RBI single for his second four or more RBI game of the season. 

Back-Back HR Games & 27th HR: On August 20th in Cleveland, he hit his 27th HR of the season, making him just the fourth Met in franchise history  (Darryl Strawberry, Mike Piazza & Carlos Beltran) with three straight 27 or more HR seasons.

In the 6th inning his two run HR off Shane Biber, had him homer in consecutive games for the sixth time on the season. The Mets won the game 9-2 as they were on another five game win streak. 

The Mets dropped six straight games & although they hung close they eventually fell out of the wild card race in September finishing with a respectful 86 win season.

On August 30th, Conforto hit a two run HR helping beat the Phils 11-5. This year he continued to hit well against the Phillies as well driving in eleven runs against them. 

30th HR: On September 12th, Conforto hit his 30th HR of the season. It came in the 7th inning off Arizona's Kevin Ginkle, in a game where the Mets hit five HRs in an 11-1 rout of the Diamondbacks. The Mets swept the four-game series at Citi Field & were now 5.5 games out of the lead wild card spot.

Multi- HR Four RBI Game: On September 24th, he had his second multi-HR game of the season, driving in four runs in a 5-4 win over the Marlins, of course. Conforto's HRs came off Sandy Alacantra & Jose Urena. It was his third game with four or more RBIS on the season as well.

Overall Conforto had the best year of his career with highs in HRs (33) RBIs (92) hits (141) runs (90) & doubles (29). He struck out 149 times, walked 84 times posted a .363 on base % (third best on the club) & .856 OPS.

In right field he played 132 games & played 39 games in center. Overall he made eight outfield assists & posted a .990 fielding %.

2020: In the strike shortened Covid19 season, he played in 54 games, leading the team in batting (.324) & on base % (.412%). He hit 9 HRs with 12 doubles 24 walks & 31 RBIs in 202 at bats. 

 

On August 19th, in Miami the Mets were tied 3-3 in n the top of the 9th inning, Conforto hit a two run HR off Brandon Kintzler, to win the game. In August 26th, he hit another HR against the Marlins, in a 8-7 Mets win.

Multi- Five RBI Game: On September 2nd in Baltimore, Conforto had a big day collecting four hits with a HR & driving in five runs in a 9-4 win over the Orioles. It was his third career game  with five or more RBIs.

On September 9th, he helped spark a Mets three run comeback against the O's, with a HR in the 5th inning off Jorge Lopez. 

In his next game, at Toronto, he hot a three run HR off Chase Anderson. He later collected a walk, a hit & an RBI in the Mets huge, ten run 4th inning. The Mets won the game 18-1. 

In the off season he declined a Mets contract extension.

2021: Michael entered the 2021 season with big expectations for himself & the fans. On Opening Day he collected two hits & an RBI in the Mets loss at Philadelphia. 

He didn't hit his first HR until April 24th & thru April was batting just .211.

Multi- Three RBI Game: On May 1st, Conforto hit a two run double in a Mets four run 1st inning at Philadelphia. Then in a 4-4 tie he hit a 9th inning HR off Hector Neris to lead the Mets to the 5-4 win. The next day he drove in two more runs in an 8-7 win at Philly as well. He continued to hit well against the Phillies driving in ten runs against them this season.

Walk Off Hit By Pitch: On April 8th in the Mets home opener, he came to bat with the bases
loaded in the bottom of the 9th inning facing Anthony Bass in a 1-1 tie with the Marlins. Bass hit Conforto with a pitch, as the Mets won in a rare walk off fashion.

On May 11th Conforto drove in the first Mets run in a game against the Orioles in which the Mets came back & won walk off style on a Patrick Mazeika pinch hit fielder's choice. 

That week, Michael drove in runs in three straight games.

On May 16th he went down with an injury that kept him out of the lineup until June 23rd. By that point the surprising Mets were up 4.5 games in first place.

Walk Off Hit: Conforto would drive in just one run in the month of June. On June 26th, the Mets were down to the Phillies 3-3 in the bottom of the 9th inning. Hector Neris walked Luis Guillorme with the bases loaded to tie the game. Then Conforto lined out to centerfield  bringing in Billy McKinney with the walk off game winning run for the 4-3 win.

Multi-Three RBI Game: On July 11th, he hit a 1st inning three run HR off Chase De Jong but the Mets went on to lose the game 6-5.

At the All Star break the Mets were still up by 3.5 games in first place. 

On July 18th at Pittsburgh, Conforto's clutch hitting continued, with New York down 6-5 he hit a 9th inning two run HR off the Pirates Richard Rodriguez leading to a 7-5 win.

Multi- HR Game: The next day on July 19th in Cincinnati, Conforto had his only multi-HR game of the season, with HRs off Vladimir Gutierrez & Ryan Hendrix. He collected three hits & a season high three RBIs in the Mets wild 15-11 win.

In August the Mets balloon burst, as the team lost 19 of their first 25 games dropping to 6.5 games out of first place. 

Multi- Three RBI Game: On August 28th he hit his ninth HR of the year, a three run HR off the Nationals Mason Thompson leading the Mets to a 5-3 win while on a six-game win streak.

On August 31st, Conforto reached double digits in HRs as he hit his tenth HR of the year, a two-run shot off the Marlins Edward Cabrera leading to a 3-1 Mets win.

Walk off Hit: In a suspended game with the Marlins from April that was resumed on August 31st, the Mets entered the bottom of the 9th inning down 5-1. Brandon Nimmo hit a two run HR & the Mets scored another run to make it 5-4. 

With two on & two outs, Michael singled thru the hole into left field off Anthony Bass scoring the tying & winning walk off runs for the win.

In a September 4th double header split with the Nationals, Conforto hit a two run HR in the first game helping in the 11-9 Mets win. In the night cap he drove in a run as well. 

Multi- Three RBI Game: The next night Conforto had his fifth multi-three RBI game of the season driving in three runs in the Mets 13-6 win over the Nationals. 

The Mets won eight of ten games that week with Conforto driving in runs in six of them.

As the Mets season faded away Conforto finished up hitting,  .275 that September with 28 hits, 4 HRs & 19 RBIs, his most productive month.

On October 1st in what was his final game as a Met, the fans gave him a standing ovation that brought him to tears.

On the season he batted .232 with 94 hits 20 doubles 14 HRs 55 RBIs 52 runs scored 59 walks a .344 on base% & a .729 OPS.

After the season he elected free agency turning down the Mets first offer. 

Mets Career Stats: Conforto spent seven years with the Mets playing in 757 games. He hit 132 HRs (tenth on Mets all time list) with 141 doubles  four triples 396 RBIs & 400 runs scored. He struck out 710 times with 361 walks posting a .356 on base % & .824 OPS.

Post Mets Career: He eventually found himself with no team for 2022. Next he needed shoulder surgery putting him out for the entire season. 

Giants Career: In January of 2023 he signed with the San Francisco Giants. Conforto stared out the season with three HRs & six RBIs in his first nine games. In May a hot streak had him hit seven HRs driving in 15 runs over a 14-game span where he batted .370. 

On June 23rd, he collected three hits with a season high four RBI game in an 8-5 win over the Diamondbacks. 

After hitting 12 HRs in the first three months of the season, he would miss five weeks of action in the second half due to a hamstring pull. On the year he batted .239 with 15 HRs 14 doubles & 58 RBIs.

2024-Grand Slam: On March 30th, Conforto hit his second career grand slam, the HR came off the Padres Tom Cosgrove in a 9-6 Giants win at San Diego. 

He began the year with another hot start, thru his first ten games of the season, he collected ten RBIs & was batting .351.

Conforto was batting .280 with 7 HRs & 20 RBIs in mid-May went he went on the IL for over two weeks. After his return he hit just .165 over the next two months but did drive in twenty runs.

From July 5th to July 12th, he collected ten RBIs hitting five doubles over a seven-game span. From August 3rd to September 24th, Michael hit ten HRs with 26 RBIs. 

On September 23rd & 24th he hit HRs in consecutive games for the third time on the season, the second time in the month. He reached the twenty HR mark for the first time in five years.

As the Giants finished fourth, he hit .251 with a .759 OPS, 104 hits 20 HRs & 66 RBIs his best totals since his 2019 season.

Dodgers Career: After the season, he signed with the World Champion Los Angeles Dodgers. He
played the season in a left field platoon with Alex Call, although he hit 12 HRs with 20 doubles & 36 RBIs he batted just .199. 

The Dodgers fanbase weren't happy & were vocal about it. As the Dodgers made went on to win their second consecutive Championship, Conforto was left off the post season roster.

Career Stats: In his ten-year career, he is a .245 hitter with 934 hits 202 doubles 7 triples 179 HRs 568 runs scored & 556 RBIs. 

Conforto has struck out over 100 times in seven of his ten seasons with 1055 career K's. Conforto walked 512 times posting a .343 on base% & 785 OPS.

Conforto has played 1150 career games overall with 1044 games in the outfield. He played 430 in right field 515 games in left & 146 in centerfield. He has 56 assists with a .986 fielding %.

Family: In January of 2021, Conforto got engaged to his longtime girlfriend Cabernet Burns while in Mexico. They were married that December. Cabernet was born in 1993.  She works as VP at Prom Series which curates, foster girls to build confidence & worth.

The Conforto's live in Scottsdale, Arizona during the off season.