Free Link to Mets360: Despite a second slump, Pete Alonso on pace to have a strong season

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By Brian Joura

Yesterday in this space, we talked about what an unusual season it’s been for Brandon Nimmo. And we can say the same thing about Pete Alonso. Perhaps we’ve been spoiled with how consistent Alonso has been in his career, as he typically goes thru one slump of around 80 PA and then pounds the ball the rest of the year. This season, he had a bad stretch of 86 PA in late April to mid May. But then he followed up with a second slump, one even longer than the first.

From 5/30 to 7/20, a span of 140 PA, Alonso posted a .139/.243/.312 line. This corresponded to a stretch where the Mets played a bunch of teams that were over .500 for the season. It also was the time frame where the club needed to show more signs of life to convince Steve Cohen that it had a shot at the playoffs. Instead, the Mets went 15-19 while their slugger was having the longest prolonged slump of his career.

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