From walk-up songs to clubhouse DJs, Major League Baseball and music go hand-in-hand. Each player across MLB has their own personal pregame playlist to get them in the zone. For New York Mets’ third baseman, Mark Vientos, that playlist spans multiple genres like rap, rock and a whole lot of EDM.
One of the first songs that brought his love of music and baseball together is “Beautiful Disaster” by 311. Vientos remembers waking at 11 years old to play MLB: The Show and getting hyped to the soundtrack. Fast forward 14 years, and on gamedays you may see him rapping along to “How U Feel” by Huncho Jack, which he knows every word to, or rocking out to some Nirvana thanks to his strength coach who put him onto the band.
But electronic music is the real star of his playlist. On his way to the fi