IGT Mets at D-Bags Mon 5/5 9:40 PM

[Centerfield]

Please be good Edwin.

[Edgy MD]

I think I am with Gary.



Lindor got the front foot.

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

Shouldn't have reached 1st safely, did; probably should have been safe at second, not

[Edgy MD]

Edwin summons giants, and then he slays them.

[Centerfield]

He was in fact, good.

[ashie62]

Great way to start a series on the road



I never would have guessed Pete would be this good or even close to this



This is Lindor's year to win the MVP

[metirish]

Just saw the bomb from Pete , wow

[Fman99]

I made it precisely 1.5 innings into the game.

[Fman99]

Edgy MD wrote: Deddie has one of those infinite ERAs that those old-timers in the park speak about in hushed tones.

He looked pretty shaky in the recap. Hopefully he rights things

[Frayed Knot]

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Just saw the bomb from Pete , wow

[Edgy MD]

His newfound ability to recognize and spit on the slider away has been a delight.



The fact that the chasing-the-slider-away virus has transferred to Mark Vientos and largely consumed him only partially dampens that joy.

[Benjamin Grimm]

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[batmagadanleadoff]

Frayed Knot wrote: Just saw the bomb from Pete , wow Wow indeed. But of course we've seen shots similar to that from him before. The real news is that the guy's hitting .349 and leading the league in hits as we creep closer to the not insubstantial sample size of the 1/4 mark of the season. How often does one see a leader in base hits from a guy who's not only a power hitter but is also on pace for over 100 walks? (y'know, except for Judge) And while I don't expect to see numbers like these at the end of the season, he has clearly closed up some holes in his approach. Right now he's on pace for 112.5 walks over a full season which is around 60% above his career average (67) and almost as far above his previous high (72) while simultaneously cutting his K-rate from >150/season down to around 110.

Edgy MD wrote: His newfound ability to recognize and spit on the slider away has been a delight.

Alonso has a reputation as a hard worker who puts in the time and effort to improve his game. Over the years, I've read and heard many Mets insiders make unsolicited comments to that effect. Motivated by his disappointing 2024 season and the subsequent contract impasse that unfolded, Alonso had reportedly spent this past off-season determined to improve his pitch recognition. And going by the results so far, it seems that Alonso's hard work has paid off. This is easy to see just with your own eyes. He's laying off a lot of bad pitches that he might have swung at in the past. Good pitch recognition is the key foundation to hitting successfully in the Majors. Good pitch recognition produces a domino effect of positive results for the hitter -- most obviously in an increase in bases on balls. Alonso's walk rates are up this year. And also in better contact and better batted balls. It's harder to hit a pitch that's out of the strike zone effectively. Also, being able to recognize the nature of a pitch in flight is the best way to wear down an opposing pitcher: not by deciding ahead of time, to take a pitch sight unseen before the pitch is even thrown.

[Cowtipper]

Finally watched this one. I sincerely hope Nunez was just excited and not a one-year wonder. He was awesome in 2024.