3 UP 1. Alonso Owns the Record With his 53rd homer of the season, Pete Alonso is atop the record books all by himself. He’s the all-time rookie home run king. It stands for the National and American League. It stands for the homers in a players debut year. It stands for all time. It was an incredibly emotional moment for lifetime Mets fans watching this player who exceeded every...
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By John Sheridan Michael Conforto would put it off for a day, but now, the Mets are officially eliminated from postseason contention. With the Mets falling short in the fashion they have, there are a number of what-ifs which occurred during the course of the season. One of those what-ifs is what if the Mets didn’t blow this game or lose that game. While there were several of those games in...
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Heading into the final weekend, the Mets had indicated Justin Wilson was going to be shut down for the final weekend due to his elbow issues. The team also indicated Seth Lugo was available to pitch, but he was not going to go past one inning. Naturally, Lugo would pitch two innings to earn his sixth save of the year. In earning the save, Lugo would throw 41 pitches. That’s the most...
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3 UP 1. CyGrom Times Two No, we don’t know how the voting will go, but with Jacob deGrom pitching seven shutout innings against the Marlins, he extended his scoreless streak to 23 innings, and he may extended his streak of winning the Cy Young award to two. When you break down the numbers, it certainly appears to be the case. He now leads the league in bWAR, strikeouts, WHIP, opponents OBP...
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Johnny Mize, Willie Mays, and Pete Alonso. As noted by Mark Simon of Sports Info Solutions, in the annals of New York National League baseball, that trio are the only three to ever hit 51 homers in a season. The first two are Hall of Famers, and Alonso, well, he is just scratching the surface. En route to joining Darryl Strawberry as the only Mets players to win the Rookie of the Year award,...
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