ALL OR NOTHING,
OR A STEADY DOSE OF DAILY POSITIVES?
I remember Kirk Nieuwenhuis' 3 homer game for the Mets, don't you?
For 2015, he had a 3 HR game for the Mets on July 12, with 4 RBIs in a win against Arizona.
But it was his "All" moment in an all-or-nothing game.
For the rest of that "Nothing" season he was 22 for 124 (.177) with one HR.
All or nothing play isn't helpful when it is mostly Nothing, and not much All.
Pete Alonso in 2020 has had 3 "All" games:
1) Last night, 3 for 3, with 2 HRs and 2 walks.
2) August 12 against the Nats, 3 for 4 with a HR, 2 doubles, a walk, and 3 RBIs.
3) July 24 vs. Boston: 4 singles in 4 at bats.
Those 3 games, 11 for 12 with 1 K.
The rest of the season, he is painfully just 10 for 75 with 29 Ks. Numerous failed RISP opportunities.
Hopefully he is righting the ship, because so far this season, way to much like 2015 Kirk: a lot of Nothing punctuated by occasional All.
For the Mets to succeed, they need a lot less feast-or-famine from Pete. And a lot more steady daily excellence like Dom Smith is providing.
Yay! Readable now. Came out with weird spacing again for I'm not sure what reason.
ReplyDeletePete needs to collude with the Russians to launch a few more Sputniks
ReplyDeleteI like Pete and It's good to see a breakout night. One thing that concerns me is that ALL of his homers have been pulled right down the line. Not seeing that dead-center to right-center power we saw last year.
ReplyDeleteBob W
Bob W, Pete is coming around. That said, the best players are not boom-and-bust types, but ones who produce something worthwhile almost every game. Nimmo and Smith are two excellent examples of the latter.
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