Mets-Cardinals game notes for Cinco de Mayo

Pete Alonso wondering who could have possibly gotten Chili Davis fired.

RHP Sean Reid-Foley has been recalled as the team’s 27th man and will be active for both games.  There is no corresponding drive to Modell’s as @mediagoon already owns a Reid-Foley jersey.

Prior to last night’s game, RHP Jordan Yamamoto was recalled from Triple-A Syracuse…He will wear #45…and so will @mediagoon after a quick trip to Modell’s.

On Monday evening, the Mets relieved hitting coach Chili Davis and assistant hitting coach Tom Slater of their duties, effective immediately…and Pete Alonso had nothing to do with it.  The club named Hugh “Q-abaum” Quattlebaum the team’s new hitting coach and Kevin Howard the new assistant hitting coach…Both will be in St. Louis tonight…Quattlebaum will wear #56, while Howard will wear #54.   @Mediagoon does not purchase coach jerseys as that would be ridiculous.

Governor Cuomo’s son Andrew, who coincidentally also grew up to be the governor of New York all on his own,  announced today that beginning on May 19, Covid testing requirements will no longer be in place for fans entering Citi Field as well as a new ticket voucher program that will go into effect starting Monday, May 24…Go to Mets.com/SafeAtCiti to view all the latest details…For the Mets upcoming homestand beginning this Friday through Wednesday, May 12 vs. Arizona and Baltimore, the current requirements will remain in place…The new rules and regulations at Citi Field set forth by the Governor will begin on Monday, May 24 when the Mets start a homestand vs. Colorado.

Pete Alonso is on a five-game hitting streak, batting .381 (8-21) with four runs, four doubles, four RBI and a walk in that span…None of that is a home run….He has safely hit in 12 of his last 15 games, batting .321 (18-56) with 10 runs, four doubles, four home runs, 11 RBI, five walks, a .387 OBP and a .994 OPS since April 17…This compares to a .207 (6-29) batting average over his first eight games…Alonso has 74 home runs since he entered the league in 2019….That is the highest total in the majors in that span…Alonso already ranks 27th on the Mets all-time list…He trails Rusty Staub who is 26th with 75.  Pete has no idea how or why Chili Davis was fired and had nothing to do with it.

The Big Zero stats game one, weather permitting.

Miguel Castro starts game two for some reason.