Author: Jorge Eckardt

On June 7, Pete Alonso was hit by a pitch in the first inning and had to come out of the game. It was seemingly an obvious opportunity to get Mark Vientos, who had started just 9-of-18 possible games after being called up, some playing time. Instead the Mets opted to move Mark Canha to first and put Tommy Pham in the outfield. For some reason, it feels like the Mets are jumping through hoops to...