PORT ST. LUCIE — Pete Alonso returned to the Mets, and that put Darryl Strawberry and the franchise homer report on alert. So let’s have some enjoyable to start right here and set up the commerce deadline, July 31, because the over/below date for the slugger accumulating the 27 homers essential to turn into the historic energy king of the group.
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If it helps, in his worst energy yr in 2024, Alonso had 22 homers on July 31 in 467 plate appearances. It took till Aug. 17 to achieve 27 homers in his 529th plate look.
However, once more, this was Alonso’s poorest energy season. The 34 he hit have been his fewest in a 162-game season and — extra reflective of a downturn — he homered in 4.9 % of his plate appearances, by far his profession low. These are nonetheless excellent energy outputs, the 4.9 % tied for 18th amongst certified hitters with Josh Naylor, simply behind Jake Burger and Rhys Hoskins (each at 5.0 %), however simply forward of Bryce Harper and Francisco Lindor (each at 4.8 %).
