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Alonso worked out at Diesel Optimization in Tampa and “learned the importance of his hips as a power source.” New York Mets co-hitting coach Eric Chavez said Alonso has “actually learned how to hit” and mentioned this is “the best I’ve ever seen him. I’m very, very optimistic that Pete is going to have a monster year.” While Chavez may be being tongue-in-cheek about Alonso learning how to hit, it can’t be a bad thing that the 30-year-old finally decided to drill down on his swing mechanics to create more consistency. We’ll see if it makes an impact on his declining batting average over the last few seasons.

Marte suffered the injury while legging out a double in the opening inning. At this stage, we don’t have any information regarding the severity of the strain or how much time Marte may stand to miss. He’ll undergo further testing and the Diamondbacks should have another update on his status as soon as more information becomes available. Garrett Hampson replaced him in the lineup on Friday and would be in line for more playing time at second base if Marte is looking at any sort of extended absence.

Wilson’s second big-league homer — and second in eight games this season — left his bat at 102.4 mph. He still hasn’t hit a ball harder than 104.6 mph since debuting, so it’s hard to project him to collect many more homers. He’s definitely showing elite bat-to-ball skills, however. He’s batting .379, he’s yet to strike out and he has swung and missed just once in 29 plate appearances this season.

Bido allowed six hits, walked two and struck out five on a challenging day in a windy and cold Coors Field. He’s been effective both times out, and he seems solid enough to rate as a streaming option at times. However, a home start against the Padres next week isn’t one of those times.

He didn’t need any of his three-run cushion. Miller has pitched three scoreless innings with one hit surrendered and six strikeouts this season.

Probably because of sub-40-degree temperatures at Coors, Feltner’s velocity was down today, as he averaged 92.9 mph with his fastball. He was at 94.2 mph in his season debut and 94.5 mph on average last season. He was adequate anyway, but that’s all he was. He’ll make his next start at home Thursday against the Brewers.

No win or save today, but it’s definitely an outing that enhances Halvorsen’s stock as the most important piece in the Colorado bullpen. He allowed only a single, walked none and struck out two before the Rockies went on to lose in the 11th.

It wasn’t a great game from Beck, given that he struck out three times. Still, he did something positive in his first start in three games. One imagines the Rockies will eventually send him down if they’re not going to play him regularly. Considering that he’s taken part in just 39 games in Triple-A and 50 in Double-A since being drafted in 2022, there’s no way he should be a short-side platoon guy in the majors right now.

The 26-year-old superstar right-hander issued a pair of walks in the ballgame and his pitch count up to 75. It’s hard to imagine that the Braves are going to waste another one of his starts in the minor leagues after this outing, so anticipate that he could be ready to rejoin the rotation at some point next week.

It was a bit surprising to see that Steer wasn’t in the initial lineup, but he jumped into the second spot in the order once McLain was scratched. It sounds like he’s feeling just fine and should be good to go moving forward.

The 20-year-old slugger is on the fringe of making an impact at the big league level with the O’s, but his timetable is going to get pushed back a bit if he winds up missing time due to the hamstring issue. Expect the team to have an update on his status as more information becomes available.