Buffalo – The polar bear is not supposed to be inactive, but Pete Alonso denied the nature of the August Gust overtime.
The Mets slugger disappeared en masse, deprived of his knockout punch. Alonso – who earned the nickname “Polar Bear” during his rookie season last year – is now back at opponents.
In his last seven games, he blasted five homers, including an eighth-inning rocket that gave the Mets a final lead in Wednesday’s win over the Orioles. A week ago he broke a walk-home homer to defeat the Yankees. Signs indicate that he came back after the recession that followed his epic 53-homer rookie season.
“He’s starting to bat like Pete,” coach Chile Davis, who hit the Mets on Thursday, told The Post.
“When I look at Patty and any player of his caliber, you have to see the big picture with him. See boys like you [Christian] Yelich, he started the struggle and Anthony Randon was able to start the struggle. There’s a bunch of good players who started this fantastic season fight, and you have to understand that this season is different. “
The Mets have played 44 games, keeping them on the usual schedule around May 15 – the time for beginners to slowly begin to show their content. With just two plus weeks left in the epidemic’s short-lived season, Alonso appears on the bandwagon while trying to rally to the Mets postseason berth. They entered two games behind the Marlins for the NL’s second wild-card berth on Thursday.
Alonso’s 11 homers this year will put him at 41 in the normal season. It’s not last year’s record setting rookie performance, but rarely disastrous. By the end of August Gust, home loans were breaking just .213 / .333 / .385 with six homers.
“I think Pete went through a few different stages so far in the short season,” Davis said. “At the beginning of the year, I think he came out and he wanted to start fast and I think he tried to force some things to happen. It’s not easy to get away from the year it came and get into this type of short-term season and try to repeat some of the things you did last year.
“He probably came out a little more aggressive and then he went through the second phase where he started taking the pitch, trying to see the ball better, which made him probably a little more inactive. And then he got a little more aggressive so he got to that kind of happy medium. “
Alonso is down with .313 / .361 / .813 in September with just five strikeouts in 32 at-bets.
“I’m constantly working hard to get results,” Alonso said. “Sometimes in the game of baseball you can do a lot of things, improve and don’t get tangible results. At the end of the season, to start everything coming together this way, in crch time, I am really happy with everything and my way. “
Alonso, Jeff McNeil, Michael Calforto and Dominic Smith have recently made a statement that the MLB is leading with a batting average of .275 as of Thursday. Runners trapped at the base by the Mets at the start of the season, as evidenced by that game.13 runs in the average game in September.
“How many pitching staff would like to commit a crime that leads to the league being beaten back?” Davis said. “Guys are starting to be themselves and I’m sure that’s for people like that [McNeil] And Patty who wasn’t swinging felt he was capable, he was frustrated and there was frustration shown, but that’s just because they care. They’ve finally come out of it and they’re turning the bat better as a team. ”
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