Mets first baseman Pete Alonso is preparing for his age-28 campaign in 2023. He’s been in the big leagues for just three full seasons (plus the pandemic-shortened schedule in 2020) but has already made a huge impact on the franchise.
Alonso is the type of homegrown power hitter we haven’t yet seen in Queens. He’s the only Mets hitter to accumulate multiple seasons of 40-plus home runs and 100-plus RBI. His 53 homers in 2019 are a franchise record. The same can be said about the 131 RBI he collected in 2022.
Alonso has already carved himself a nice place in franchise record books.