The Mets second round pick Peter Alonso concluded his Florida Gators collegiate career with a dominating College Baseball World Series performance. Alonso finished the tournament going 16 for 32 with four doubles, five homeruns, 13 RBI and 11 runs scored, while drawing three walks.
This dominating performance comes on the back of a breakout sophomore season that saw Alonso produce a .374/.469/.659 slash line, despite missing the last month plus of the regular season with a broken left hand, an injury that perhaps allowed the power slugging 1st baseman to slip to the Mets in the second round of the MLB draft.
As a freshman, Alonso was named a second-team Freshman All-American by the National College Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) and was one of three Gators named to the SEC All-Freshman team.
The question for Alonso going forward, is will his dominant collegiate numbers translate with wooden bats? We will soon find out, as it is projected that with his collegiate career finished, Alonso will soon sign a with the Mets and report to Brooklyn to begin his professional career.
Nice write up.
I think the transition to wood bats is less a concern than it was 5 years ago. Balance in the composite bats are a little more similiar than aluminum, and with the increased testing, there is the reduced trampoline effect. Not to say there isn’t an obstacle to overcome, just a little less so than it was.
I’m admittedly not up to date on the bats types used in College these days. Are the strictly using Composite bats now across the board?
No, Alloy, composite or hybrid. Both composites are tested to standard to ensure reduced exit velocity (BESR)
I would imagine safety was the driving force behind the change. Thanks for the info though. I wonder if we can get some of those old aluminum bats, paint them to look like would and send them up to the MLB club…….the way they are hitting, they could use the advantage.
Actually for results an aged composite bat has best bounce.
Back on Alonso, a lot of these kids work with wood bats as part of their prep
Nice to see a Mets player (not quite yet) have a dominant anything. Been real spare lately since anyone has put on a show. The new SS for Brooklyn has gotten off to a good start.