Let’s check in with the FIVE ACES!
Seth Lugo will be the ninth player to start a game for the Mets this year…This will match the total number of starters that the Mets used in 2019…The franchise record for starters used in a season is 20 set by the 1967 Mets…Entering the day, the Red Sox have had 11 players start a game, the most in the majors…Tonight will mark the first time the Mets have had nine pitchers make a start within first 27 games of the season.
THE ALBATROSS: Canó has reached base safely in 15 of his 17 games this season and is batting .373 (22-59) with 10 runs, four doubles, four home runs, 13 RBI, five walks with a .415 OBP and a .644 SLG…He has collected multiple hits in eight games…He ranks third among active players in hits (2,592), RBI (1,285), total bases (4,208), extra- base hits (927) and in runs scored (1,244).
THE ALARM: Dominic Smith leads the Mets with six home runs, 10 doubles and 21 RBI…He is tied for second in the majors and tied for first in the NL in doubles, eighth in the NL in home runs, tied for third in the NL and tied for sixth in MLB in RBI, tied for fifth in the majors and tied for third in the NL in extra-base hits…He has 16 extra-base hits in 65 at-bats this season and sports a 1.156 OPS…Smith hit 11 home runs in 177 at-bats last year…He has already matched his 2019 season with 10 doubles…His career-high is 11 doubles, which he accomplished in 143 AB in 2018…Dom recorded 25 RBI in 2019 and a career-high 26 RBI in 167 at-bats in 2017.
TOTAL DOM-INATION: Smith is four PA shy of being a qualified hitter…If he did qualify, which of course he does not because it took Cespedes going home before the Mets would give this guy a look because he overslept once and Mickey Hodges changed the Mets culture forever, his .754 SLG would lead the majors and his 1.156 OPS would rank third, behind only Jesse Winker’s 1.225 OPS and Brandon Lowe’s 1.157 OPS.
Pete Alonso | INF | .247, 5 HR, 13 RBI, 0 SB
