The Mets played .500 baseball this week, which is not good enough when one of their opponents was the last place team in the division in a series at home. Poor defense was definitely more the culprit than poor hitting, but the Mets definitely should have feasted more on a bad Nationals pitching staff. This meter, in my opinion, is sort of a microcosm of the 2025 season: the big hitters in the lineup carried the offense, but almost no one else did their part.

The small bit of good news is that after a lull last week, the big boppers are back this week. Pete Alonso had a monster series against the Padres, reaching base at least twice in each of the three games and going deep in all three contests. Overall, he put up a 293 wRC+ in 26 plate appearances for the week, which leads the team. He a

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