Michael Conforto made a fantastic catch the other night, and now that catch is on a t-shirt from BreakingT—with a nod to the “silky elk” nickname that Pete Alonso had bestowed upon him early in the 2019 season and brought up again this week.
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Conforto has been outstanding so far in this short season, hitting .340/.428/.562 with 8 home runs and a 170 wRC+ through his first 187 plate appearances. That wRC+ ranks among the very best hitters in baseball. If the Mets manage to make the expanded playoffs this year, they will have Conforto to thank for carrying a bit part of the load in getting there.