The Mets are back to .500 and are looking to own a winning record for the first time since they were 9-8 on April 25…The team has won two straight after dropping two straight…The Mets begin a five- game, six-day homestand against the stupidly named Diamondbacks (three games) and Matt Harvey’s Orioles (two games).
Since the start of 2019, Smith has played 164 games and owns a .286/.346/.525 slash line with 68 runs, 35 doubles, a triple, 23 home runs, 77 RBI, 36 walks and an .871 OPS…Over his last seven games, Smith is 8-26 with three runs, two doubles, three RBI, two walks and a .357 OBP. And yet he wasn’t allowed to play on Opening Day.
In coordination with the talented chefs at Citi Field, Pete Alonso has created a unique new item available for purchase, the Polar Burger… The new menu item features Pat LaFrieda’s black truffle blended burger patty, maple-spiced caramelized onions, smoked Gouda cheese, lettuce, tomato and claw sauce on a baked brioche bun…In addition, he created Arctic Onions – “Polar spiced” shaved Vedalia onions with Claw sauce for dipping…The items are available for purchase starting this weekend near section 102, down the right field foul pole. Pete is 54th in MLB in home runs, tied with Albert Pujols with 5.
THIS DAY IN METS HISTORY: On this day in 2016, Bartolo Colón at age of 42 became the oldest player in the history of MLB to hit his first career homer…so unoriginal SNY is gonna beat this to death tonight. I can hear Gelbs being boring already. Colón hit a two- run shot in the second inning as the Mets defeated the Padres, 6-3, in San Diego…. He earned the win, allowing all three runs on six hits with a walk and five strikeouts in 6.2 innings of work…The team collected nine hits in the win, including home runs from Yoenis Céspedes and David Wright…For cool photos and interactive history information on the Mets, please visit the Mets Virtual Vault at metsheritage.com.
Pete’s batting average is looking snazzy. Too bad you millennials decided you like OPS. Pete’s OPS is not as snazzy.
Pete Alonso | INF | .280, 5 HR, 17 RBI, 0 SB
The Mets will play tonight without any manager, coaches or front office because Steve Cohen fired everyone after finding out they let JDG goof around at SS in the pre-game.
