Alonso went 2-for-5 with a solo home run and an additional run scored in Saturday's 10-7 loss to the Rockies.
Alonso was held hitless in the series opener in Colorado on Friday, but he was able to find his power swing again Saturday. This was his third homer in his last five games, and he's the first in the majors to 20 long balls this season. The first baseman is slashing .239/.339/.558 with 46 RBI and 37 runs scored as one of baseball's top power hitters.
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Mets' Pete Alonso: Fills box score Thursday
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Alonso went 2-for-2 with a two-run home run, an additional run scored, a stolen base and two walks in Thursday's 10-1 win over the Cubs.
Alonso did a little bit of everything in his first multi-hit effort since April 27. While he lacked massive performances in that span, he hit safely in 17 of those 24 contests. The steal was his first of the campaign, while his homer was his major-league-leading 19th and his sixth in the last nine games. He's added 45 RBI, 35 runs scored and a .239/.341/.559 slash line through 51 contests overall.
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Mets' Pete Alonso: Homers in Tuesday's loss
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Alonso went 1-for-3 with a solo homer, a walk and an additional RBI in Tuesday's loss to the Cubs.
Alonso plated the Mets' only two runs of the game on a solo homer in the fourth and an RBI groundout in the sixth. He's now up to five home runs over his last seven games and has distanced himself a little bit at the top of the league with 18 on the year. The 28-year-old is slashing .230/.325/.541 with 43 RBI, 33 runs and a 24:45 BB:K over 209 plate appearances.
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Mets' Pete Alonso: Hammers grand slam
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Alonso went 1-for-5 with a grand slam in Friday's win over Cleveland.
Alonso's massive homer tied the game at 7-7 in the seventh inning. He's gone deep in four straight games and has totaled six homers in his last 11 games. The 28-year-old slugger is pacing the league with 17 home runs through 46 games but he's hitting just .233.
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Mets' Pete Alonso: Goes deep again Thursday
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Alonso went 1-for-3 with a solo home run and a walk in a 3-2 win against Tampa Bay on Thursday.
Alonso took rookie Taj Bradley deep in the fourth inning, slugging a 446-foot bomb to center field. It was the third straight game with a homer for Alonso, though he hasn't had any other hits during that stretch. He has produced six RBI in those three games, however, and he now ranks fourth in the majors with 37 runs batted in while also pacing MLB with 16 homers.
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Mets' Pete Alonso: Blasts walk-off homer
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Alonso went 1-for-5 with a three-run home run Wednesday in a 10-inning victory versus Tampa Bay.
Alonso failed to reach base in his first four plate appearances, but that was all forgotten when he slugged a three-run homer against Pete Fairbanks in the 10th inning to send New York home with a dramatic come-from-behind win. It was the second straight game with a long ball for the first baseman, who also extended his on-base streak to 11 with the blast. Alonso ranks first in the majors with 15 homers on the season.
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Mets' Pete Alonso: Hits home run No. 14
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Alonso went 1-for-4 with a two-run homer and two runs scored in Tuesday's loss to the Rays.
Alonso took Yonny Chirinos deep to left in the seventh inning and has put himself back into a tie with Max Muncy atop the league with 14 home runs. The 28-year-old continues to struggle to hit for average. He has not had a multi-hit game since April 27, but he's still been managing to get on base (.409 OBP over his last 10 games). For the year, Alonso is slashing .233/.33/.516 with 33 RBI, 28 runs and a 22:42 BB:K over 183 plate appearances.
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Mets' Pete Alonso: Goes yard again in win
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Alonso went 1-for-3 with a solo home run and two walks in Wednesday's 2-1 victory over the Reds.
Alonso took Hunter Greene deep to left to kick things off in the second inning for his league-leading 13th home run of the year. He is still struggling to hit for average but is making up for it in the power department and sits at fifth in baseball with 31 RBI. The 28-year-old is now slashing .239/.331/.543 and has shown more patience at the plate lately with a 6:2 BB:K over his last four games.
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Mets' Pete Alonso: Slugs 12th homer
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Alonso went 1-for-3 with a walk and a solo home run in Tuesday's 7-6 loss to the Reds.
The Mets launched four homers in total on the night, but three of them were solo shots including Alonso's seventh-inning blast off Luke Weaver. The first baseman is having a slow start to May, batting just .167 (5-for-30) through nine games, but he's still tied with Max Muncy for the major-league lead in home runs with 12.
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Mets' Pete Alonso: Drills three-run homer
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Alonso went 1-for-8 with a three-run home run and an additional run scored across both games of a doubleheader against Atlanta on Monday.
Alonso's lone hit of the twin bill was a big one, as he launched a three-run shot off Spencer Strider in the matinee that gave New York life after initially trailing 6-1. The homer was the 11th of the campaign for Alonso, vaulting him into a tie with Max Muncy for most in the majors. Alonso is also tied for second in MLB with 28 RBI.
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Mets' Pete Alonso: Clobbers homer in blowout win
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Alonso went 2-for-5 with one home run and four RBI in Friday's 7-0 win over the Giants.
Alonso currently leads the majors with 10 home runs, while also sporting an impressive slash line of .293/.376/.671. The star first baseman has also homered in two straight games. He is one of the top players in fantasy, barring any unforeseen injuries or slumps.
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Mets' Pete Alonso: Clobbers ninth homer of season
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Alonso went 2-for-4 with one homer, four RBI and two runs scored in Thursday's 9-4 victory over San Francisco.
Alonso leads the league in long balls with nine through Thursday's games. The star first baseman is also slashing .286/.375/.649, and is tied for fourth in MLB with 19 RBI. While there is plenty of time for the two-time Home Run Derby champion to cool off, it's worth noting that he's well on pace to surpass his career-high mark of 53 homers.
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Mets' Pete Alonso: Hits league-leading eighth home run
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Alonso went 1-for-4 with a solo home run and a walk in Sunday's 4-3 win over the Athletics.
Alonso came up big once again, after he capitalized on a mistake from Dany Jimenez and sent a fastball over the wall in center field to tie the game up at 3-3 in the ninth inning. It was his league-leading eighth home run and his third over the last four games. Alonso has also tallied at least one hit in nine of his last 10 games and has been a fantasy star in the early going of the season.
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Mets' Pete Alonso: Launches sixth homer
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Alonso went 2-for-3 with a walk, a solo home run and a second run scored in Wednesday's 5-2 win over the Padres.
His fifth-inning shot off Blake Snell was Alonso's sixth homer in 13 games to begin the season. The first baseman is batting .250 (12-for-48) with 12 RBI and 11 runs scored, and he seems intent on not just reaching 40 homers as he did in 2022, but matching or topping the career-high 53 he slugged as a rookie in 2019.
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Mets' Pete Alonso: Strokes two-run homer in win
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Alonso went 1-for-3 with a two-run home run and a walk in Saturday's 5-2 victory over the Marlins.
Alonso extended the Mets' lead to 3-0 with a two-run blast off Miami starter Trevor Rogers. That's already the fifth homer of the season for the first baseman, and he's up to 10 RBI on the year in just nine games. Alonso is only hitting .235 but has still provided plenty of production to managers who used an early pick on him in fantasy drafts.
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Mets' Pete Alonso: Slugs fourth homer
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Alonso went 2-for-5 with a home run and two RBI in Friday's 9-3 win over the Marlins.
The first baseman launched a solo shot off Daniel Castano in the eighth inning to cap the scoring on the afternoon for the Mets. Alonso is batting only .226 (7-for-31) to begin the season, but four of those hits left the yard and he has eight RBI in eight games.
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Mets' Pete Alonso: Goes yard twice in loss
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Alonso went 2-for-4 with two home runs and four RBI in Wednesday's 7-6 loss to the Brewers.
Both blasts came off Corbin Burnes, as Alonso launched two-run shots off the Milwaukee ace in the third and fifth innings. The first baseman is only batting .192 (5-for-26) through seven games but four of his hits have gone for extra bases, including three homers.
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Mets' Pete Alonso: Blasts first homer of season
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Alonso went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Friday's 2-1 loss to the Marlins.
All three runs in the game came on solo shots, with Alonso launching his first long ball of the season in the ninth inning off A.J. Puk. The slugging first baseman hit 40 homers in 2022 and is up to 147 through 532 games in his big-league career, and given that he already has a 53-homer campaign on his resume, it's not out of the question the 28-year-old will be chasing 200 late in the season.
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Mets' Pete Alonso: Goes yard Friday
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Alonso went 2-for-3 with a walk, a three-run home run and a stolen base in Friday's Grapefruit League game against the Rays.
His third-inning blast off Luis Patino gave Alonso his fourth homer of the spring, but the steal was his first. The first baseman appears ready for Opening Day, having posted a .286/.394/.714 slash line in 34 plate appearances this spring. Alonso will take aim at his third career 40-homer campaign in 2023.
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Mets' Pete Alonso: Flying start to spring
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Alonso went 3-for-3 with a solo home run and a second run scored in Saturday's split-squad game against the Marlins.
The slugging first baseman got an early start to his spring as he gears up for the World Baseball Classic, but Alonso already appeared to be in midseason form Saturday when he crushed a Braxton Garrett offering over the wall in center field in the second inning. Alonso launched 40 homers in 2022 -- the second time in his four-year MLB career he's reached that mark -- with a career-high 131 RBI, and he figures to be a major source of power again this season while hitting in the heart of a potent Mets lineup.
