Big week for the Polar Bear. With the added help of higher altitude, Alonso was crushing balls. For games from August 3 to August 9, Alonso slashed .292/.393/.464 with a stout .857 OPS. He crushed two home runs during the course of these games, and drove in four runs. His two home runs at Coors Field were mammoth 471 and 454 foot shots, respectively. This week’s Statistical Spotlight will...
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The New York Mets appear to feeling the effects of playing 10 games in 10 days across four cities. Two games in two nights against the Seattle Mariners could not have gone any worse. Zero runs, 11 total hits and most importantly, two-straight losses. For the first time since April of 2023, the Mets have been shutout in back to back games. A unique road trip like this one is proving to be quite...
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The New York Mets’ 22-year-old catcher, Francisco Alvarez, has had an up-and-down season. In the middle of May, Alvarez tore the ulnar collateral ligament in his thumb which held him out of action until June 11. After a feeling out period, Alvarez went on a tear, before cooling off and finds himself in a prolonged slump. Further digging into Alvarez’s underlying metrics paint a...
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After a rain-soaked Friday night where only one New York Mets affiliate played, Saturday saw seven games from the full-season squads. After only hitting one extra-base hit in August before Saturday, Brett Baty went deep in both halves of Triple-A Syracuse’s doubleheader. They were his first home runs since July 23rd when he sent two out of the park in one game. Triple-A Game 1: Worcester...
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Good morning, Mets fans! Last night, it was another tough go of it for the New York Mets’ offense against the elite pitching of the Seattle Mariners. After a tough first inning by Sean Manaea, the offense was unable to make any ground and New York dropped their second-straight game 4-0. The Mets have gotten shutout in back-to-back games and haven’t scored a run in 19 innings. New York will...
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There’s the 1993 movie titled “Sleepless In Seattle’, and then there’s the New York Mets who have been very sleepy in Seattle. Especially their offense, which was shut out by the Seattle Mariners for the second straight game on Saturday 4-0. Sean Manaea, who had been lights out recently, was knocked around and taken out of the game after three innings. That forced manager...
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