I posted my lineup about four days ago on social media, and I went through a lot of the

mentions, and most people were angry with my thinking. And my big thought is that I want to hit

Pete Alonzo second. So let's just get that out of the way. Okay. Just throw it out there. I have an

unconventional thought, a thought that has been widely ridiculed by my fellow

Met fans, and that is, why would you hit Pete Alonzo second? So the old adage, or actually,

it's the new adage in Major League Baseball, is you want your best hitter hitting first,

or your best hitter hitting first and second, mainly because they get more plate appearances.

And it's simple math and it makes a lot of sense.

On average, the thought is where are you bat in the batting order?

So batting first as compared to second as compared to third, you are probably getting

about 30 more played appearances over the course of a season.

That's kind of the, the estimate from one spot to the other. Now, it's not an exact science. It certainly matters

your team, your roster, you know, it differs. So it's not an exact science, but in general,

that's the thought. If you're batting fifth as compared to

fourth, you're going to lose about 30 to 40 plate appearances. So I fully understand that.

And I want my best hitters hitting as often as humanly possible. So logic would tell you,

well, based on that, how is it not Lindor and Soto 1-2? Now, I think we are going to see a lot of Lindor-Soto 1-2, and there may be a time where

I'm going to even say, go Lindor-Soto 1-2.

I want to give you my thought on why I'm intrigued by Pete Alonzo batting second.

So since Pete Alonzo was called up in 2019, he has had so many different guys hitting behind him.

And I do think that matters.

I know there's not an exact stat to prove it one way or the other,

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