Pete Alonso, described as “Locked in” by Mets analyst Keith Hernandez has hit safely in all six of his starts since returning from the 10-Day IL…Overall, he is batting .308 (8-26) with four runs, a home run, six RBI and a walk in that span…Notice the one home run part. Gay Cohen said Pete has been slugging since returning from the IL. Gary Cohen doesn’t seem to know what slugging means. Alonso is batting .269/.355/.444 with four home runs against right-handed pitchers this year…In addition, Alonso is batting .274/.333/.491 with six home runs in 28 games on the road this year…That compares to a .191/.350/.298 mark in 16 games at Citi Field in 2021. That’s nice but it’s June 8th and he has 7 home runs, which is the 84th most in the league!
Let’s compare Vulgar Pete to say James McCann who is 11-30 (.367) with six runs, three doubles, four home runs, 11 RBI, a walk and a 1.254 OPS over his last eight games…Over his last 13 games, McCann is batting .289/.319/.689 with eight extra-base hits…He is batting .267/.333/.600 with four extra-base hits against left-handers this year… McCann hit one home run over his first 33 games with the club and has hit five in his last 11 games…McCann has 14 games at OPACY and is a .321 (18-56) hitter with two home runs.
Dominic Smith is batting .379 (11-29) with three runs, two doubles, two home runs, five RBI, five walks and a 1.155 OPS over his last 10 games…He is batting .297/.395/.406 with 11 runs, seven extra- base hits, 12 RBI, 13 walks and an .801 OPS in 31 games since the start of May…He is batting .316/.364/.421 against left-handed pitchers this year. He was not allowed to play Opening Day because reasons.
The Mets enjoyed a day off yesterday…their 85th of the season. The team defeated the San Diego Padres, 6-2, on Sunday…The Mets have won two straight after dropping two-in-a-row…They are now a season-high six games above .500 for the third time…The Mets were last seven games above .500 at the end of the 2019 season, when they were 10 games above .500…The Mets have been in first place for 35 days, since Saturday May 8…This is their longest streak in first place since the end of the 2015 season…The Mets continue their three-city, nine-game, 10-day road trip (4-3) to Arizona (2-1), San Diego (2-2) and Baltimore (two games).
On this day in 2010, the New York Mets selected Jacob deGrom in the 10th round with the 272nd pick of the First-Year Player Draft out of Stetson University in Florida…so the next time anyone claims to be a daft expert tell them to shut up. deGrom has won two Cy Young Awards, the 2014 NL Rookie of the Year Award and is a three-time All-Star…He owns a 75-53 record with a 2.51 ERA (343 earned runs/1,227.2 innings) with 292 walks and 1,452 strikeouts in 192 career starts…In his last start, he passed Sid Fernandez (1,449) to move into fourth on the all-time Mets strikeout list…He cracked the top-10 in innings pitched by a Met on May 9 and is now ninth on that list…He moved into ninth with his 75th career win in his last outing…His career ERA of 2.51 is the best mark in Mets history (min. 1,000.0 innings pitched), passing Tom Seaver (2.57 ERA)…For cool photos and interactive history information on the Mets, please visit the Mets Virtual Vault at metsheritage.com.
