The Mets mourn the loss of former coach Tom Robson…He served several roles in the organization including hitting coach and a bench coach from 1999-00 and 2002.
The Mets are in stretch where 18 of their next 28 games will be on the road…New York is 3-4 away from Citi Field in 2021…The Mets are on their first road trip outside the NL or AL East for the first time since 2019…The Mets’ last road trip away from the East Coast was a six-game trip to Colorado and Cincinnati from September 16-22, 2019.
Dominic Smith is batting .295/.358/.557 with 64 runs, 32 doubles, a triple, 23 homers, 73 RBI, 35 walks and a .916 OPS in 150 games since the start of the 2019 season…This includes a .300/.381/.511 slash line against fellow southpaws and a .294/.351/.571 mark against right-handers and yet wasn’t allowed to play on Opening Day 2020 nor 2021.
Former Met Jesse Orosco was born on this day in 1957…Orosco appeared in 372 games with the Mets and went 47-47 and a 2.73 ERA (181 earned runs/595.2 innings) with 240 walks and 506 strikeouts…He is fourth all-time in Mets history with 107 saves…Overall, Orosco spent 24 years in the major leagues, going 87-80 with a 3.16 ERA…He appeared in a major league record 1,252 career games…For cool photos and interactive history information on the Mets, please visit the Mets Virtual Vault at metsheritage.com.
Peter K. Alonso was 0-4, K yesterday
Pete has hit two home runs. Today is April 21.
