Mets gem Peter Alonso breaks Statcast, steals show at Futures Game

WASHINGTON – Peter Alonso's thrust became national. Global, same

For every Mets fan who suffered through this fiasco of a first half, a tonic arrived Sunday at Nationals Park, in the form of Alonso.

This guy. Wow.

OK, that was the Futures Game exhibition, and since a total of eight bullets left the yard, you might suspect that someone has specially prepared this lot ( balls, no players). Nevertheless, the first base hope Alonso has beaten about a majestic homer as you will ever see to help the US team to post a 10-6 win over the world team, and he l? matched with colorful quotes that would pbad for a modern – Reggie Jackson, sweetened,

In short, how long will the 23 year old be able to travel to Citi Field?

"Oh my god," Alonso said afterwards. "Oh my God, I had the impression that a lightning was striking the end of my bat, it was awesome."

That was, for sure , quite the show. The fact that he traveled 415 feet, according to the MLB.com Statcast, seeming to clear the seats from the left field, was the least impressive quality of the singer. In ninth place against Phillies Adonis Medina, he left the Alonso bat at a 46-degree launch angle and an exit speed of 113.6 miles per hour, a height and speed never combined since Statcast entered our lives in 2015.

Add the visual of Alonso dropping his bat, standing a few feet from the plate and wishing the ball just like a Carlton Fisk in 1975 World Series Game 6, and you probably have (New York party, natch) the most memorable moment in the 20-year history of this event

"I just prayed:" Please, just stay, please just stay, "said Alonso." It sounded so good. "

To think that Alonso, a Twitter trend Sunday, started this season without an invitation to" get it. " Mets major league spring training, although he played in a few games of the Grape league He crushed him at Double-A Binghamton, winning a promotion at Triple-A Las Vegas, where he just started hitting after a slow transition. Overall, he has a slash of .280 / .410 / .539 with 16 homers batting at 304.

"For me, I was just too anxious at first," Alonso, who failed in third place in his first at-bat, said before the game. "I feel like the last two games, the last week I was there, I made a lot of progress to make the adjustment, and I feel like I could be Pete. Alonso and do not try to do too much, I will have a very good rest of the year. "

Ability to measure tape? Check. Referring to himself in the third person? Check, although the public address announcer here reversed his name with an introduction like "Peter Alonso." Breath a kiss to his family and friends as he approaches the third base? Check. Doubtful defense? Check, as he botched a grounder in the eighth

A foaming fan base? You know.

"Put on Twitter, as you know, it's a big deal," Alonso told a small group of New York reporters. "I just think that for me, I'm trying to block everything … I want to be in the big leagues … Everyone here wants to be … That's what we all work for." It's a dream and it's a goal, but it's a daily thing that I just need to stay locked up every day. "

He had the l & # 39; air to be locked up. He seemed ready.

"Play here, the Mets come here a lot, it's a really fun park," he said. "Have fun doing the experience of a National League team. Amazing environment. I hope I can do it with the big club when they play here."

A quote for the road, as Alonso has prepared for his return to the '51s: "Since I was a young, I've been able to hit them a long way .I do not have the less doubt in my capacity to be able. "

How could one, after this posting? If he can not cure the ills of the Mets, he might well ease the pain, right?