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‘Next David Wright’: Mets’ Captaincy could be in Pete Alonso’s future

It seems just a matter of time until Pete Alonso catches Aaron Judge for the MLB rookie home-run record. The Mets first baseman has 50 home runs, two shy of Judge’s mark, which he set just two years ago.

“It would mean the world,’’ Alonso said before the Mets’ 5-4 extra-inning walkoff win over the Marlins at Citi Field, in which he went 0-for-5 with two strikeouts. “I think there’s been a little over 19,000 baseball players to ever play the game, and to be the only one [to get there], that would be miraculous.