A MET WON SOMETHING

No big surprise here, because Pete Alonso is a beast, but last night he won the home run derby. Pretty impressive.

SNY writes:

"The Mets slugger credited his strategy of conserving his energy throughout the night so he would not be tired come the final round. 'Yeah, survive and advance,' Alonso said at post-Derby press conference. 

'Go in with a killer instinct. It doesn't matter how many you hit, you just need to have more than the guy you're facing.'  Alonso did exactly that, hitting just one more home run than the hitter he was paired against in each round. 

In the first round, Alonso hit 14 to Carlos Santana's 13 and then Alonso hit 20 to Ronald Acuña Jr.'s 19 in the semifinal. Both times Alonso had earned the extra 30 seconds and both times he did not need to use it. 

'I'm really happy I didn't have to swing a lot going in the extra rounds,' he said. 'That's the one thing most of my teammates .... pretty much all were saying conserve as much energy as possible, stay hydrated, keep body loose.'"

Congrats to Alonso. Maybe now the Mets can celebrate something for a moment.