The Mets universe can breathe a sigh of relief Wednesday night as Pete Alonso is in good spirits after exiting the game after being hit by a pitch in the first inning.
Braves starter Charlie Morton tossed a 97 mph pitch up and in that hit Alonso in his left wrist. The first baseman crumbled to the ground in pain before walking to first base, but would eventually leave the game.
The Mets announced later that X-rays were negative and Alonso is considered day-to-day.
“Frustrated. Wish I was able to play,” Alonso said after the Mets’ 7-5 loss. “That’s the nature of the game sometimes and it’s unfortunate. Just tough being hurt.”
Manager Buck Showalter revealed that although X-rays were negative, the team will give Alonso a CT scan to make sure everything is ok with his hand. When asked how confident he feels about his wrist being fine, Alonso said he has mixed feelings.
“It’s super promising that the X-rays are negative,” he said. “We’re going to get a bone scan tomorrow just to double check, but it’s super encouraging but at the same time I want to see how the swelling plays. Hopefully it goes down and hopefully sooner rather than later I’m back on the horse.”
“I feel like I dodged a bullet,” he added. “Could’ve been a lot worse.”
This isn’t the first time Alonso has dealt with hand/wrist injuries. In 2021, the slugger was hit in the palm by a pitch in May of that year and tried to play through it before going on the IL with a sprain. He was also hit in the hand by a pitch in June of 2022 that had him day-to-day.
Alonso is well aware of his injury history with hit-by-pitches and joked that’s why he has a lot of pads on his hands while batting, and may need to add more.
“I’ve had broken hands before in the past, I’ve had wrist and hand contusions in the past. This unfortunately happens pretty regularly in my career,” he said. “That’s why I wear all my guards. I guess now I’ll be adding another layer of padding to the stuff that I use on a normal basis.
“Guys throw hard, they have nasty stuff that moves all over the place. Next time I’ll have a pad to protect more surface area.”