The Orioles are so bad they will start Matt Harvey tonight. Matt Harvey is awful and if the Mets don’t win then everyone should be fired. Matt Harvey!
Someone who is not awful is Dom Smith who is batting .364 (12- 33) with three runs, two doubles, two home runs, five RBI, five walks and a 1.082 OPS over his last 11 games…He is batting .295/.390/.400 with 11 runs, seven extra-base hits, 12 RBI, 13 walks and a .790 OPS in 32 games since the start of May…He is batting .325/.370/.425 against left-handed pitchers this year. That said, he isn’t allowed to start on Opening Day every year.
Pete Alonso, who has ONE home run and THREE RBI at home (REALLY) is probably happy this is a road game.
I predict the booth will go on and on about how Pete is “heating up” and despite the Mets facing Matt “Three HRs in a 4.1 inning start” Harvey, I predict that Pete will have an 0 for 4 game AND that he won’t homer again until NEXT Friday. Your move Vulgar Pete – and I am spotting you Matt Harvey AND Camden Yards. Even I could homer tonight.
On this day in 2016, Pete Alonso was selected by the Mets in the second round of the First-Year Player Draft out of the University of Florida…Alonso recorded his eighth career multi-home run game last night…He now has recorded 78 home runs in 262 career games in the majors…the Mets used to brag about how he was the fastest to X and then teh second fastest to X and now don’t even bother.
Alonso now sits 24th on the team’s all-time home run list, surpassing Robin Ventura (77) last night…Keith Hernandez is next at 23rd with 80 home runs…He has hit safely in all seven of his starts since returning from the 10-Day IL…Overall, he is batting .333 (10-30) with six runs, three home runs, nine RBI and a walk in eight games since returning from the IL…Alonso is batting .273/.357/.473 with five home runs against right-handed pitchers this year…In addition, Alonso is batting .282/.339/.545 with eight home runs in 29 games on the road this year…That compares to a .191/.350/.298 mark in 16 games at Citi Field in 2021 which I think we can all agree is terrible.
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