As the Mets decide whether Dominic Smith or Peter Alonso is their future first baseman, a one-time Mets future first baseman is saying goodbye.
Ike Davis has retired, his agent told The Post’s Ken Davidoff on Tuesday. The 31-year-old hadn’t played in the majors since 2016, in a brief stint with the crosstown Yankees, and had tried to resurrect his career with the Dodgers as a pitcher. It didn’t stick.
Davis, a first-round pick of the Mets in 2008, burst on the scene in 2010, when he swatted 19 home runs with a .