Pete Alonso didn’t get much of a probability.
Seattle’s Julio Rodriguez ended the Mets slugger’s quest for a 3rd Home Run Derby title for a second yr in a row, this time with a Herculean 41-dinger effort in the primary round.
Alonso who got here to the plate to boos from the group at Seattle’s T-Mobile Park, mustered just 21 homers in his three-minute session — and a 1:00 bonus — because the second seed within the tournament.
The primary baseman was seen mouthing “Wow, wow,” after his effort got here up 20 taters short.
Alonso, who won Derby titles in 2019 and 2021, had to vary his pitcher late on Monday after his youth coach Mike Friedlein suffered a forearm malady.
Mets assistant Aaron Myers stepped in for Friedlein.
Still, there was no competing with Rodriguez’s record round, a 10-homer improvement on his 31-23 win over Alonso in 2022.