Mets slugger Pete Alonso put on an absolute show in Monday’s Home Run Derby to lock up back-to-back titles in the event for the first time since Yoenis Cespedes in 2014.
Between the 35-homer first round — which knocked out the Royals’ Salvador Perez despite a solid 28-homer effort — and his 20 dingers of 475-plus feet (keep the Home Run Derby in Denver permanently), Alonso’s performance deserved a ton of praise.
But we can’t overlook the man who tossed the batting practice pitches to the Mets first baseman.
Mets bench coach Dave Jauss served as Alonso’s pitcher, and where other BP pitchers struggled with consistency (looking at you, Jason Brown), Jauss was a machine out there.