Perhaps the cupboard isn't as bare as has been reported
https://www.sny.tv/mets/news/mets-prospect-peter-alonso-has-three-homers-in-last-four-games/289261488
Mets 1B prospect Peter Alonso may still be at least a few weeks away
from his big league debut, but his knocks on the door are getting
louder.
Alonso crushed a three-run homer and RBI double while going 4-for-5
during Triple-A Las Vegas' afternoon game on Tuesday after also
homering this past Friday and Saturday.
The 23-year-old Alonso has 11 hits in his last 25 at-bats, and now has
27 homers in 108 games this season between Double-A Binghamton and
Vegas. Overall this season, Alonso is hitting .278/.397/.543.
"Alonso combines elite exit velocities with strong plate discipline to
produce huge righthanded power," Matt Eddy wrote for Baseball America
on July 21, while ranking Alonso the Mets' second-best prospect
(behind Andres Gimenez). "The 2016 second-rounder has done nothing but
mash since turning pro and has hit his way to Triple-A in short order.
Alonso profiles as a middle-of-the-order masher and below-average
defensive first baseman who will supply substantial value with his
bat."
Mets assistant GM John Ricco said last week that Alonso was entrenched
in Triple-A for now, but it would make sense for him to get a long
look this September as the team decides what to do at first base in
2019 and beyond.
ernie k.
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