Pete Alonso (Part Two: 2023 -2025) Post Season Hero & Mets All Time HR King
2023: The Mets gave Pete 14.5 million for 2023 during arbitration. The season started with high hopes for the team, but everything fell apart really fast. The Mets were done early on, they fell under .500 on May 7th for the first time. They got to three games above that mark, but on June 6th fell below .500 for good. Multi HR Game: On April 5th Alonso hit two HRs off the Brewers Corbin Burnes but the Maets took a 7-6 loss to the Brewers. In his next game, on April 7th, Pete his 150th career HR, passing Carlos Beltran for sixth on the Mets all-time list, making him the second fasted player in MLB history to reach that mark that quickly in his career at 538 games. He homered the next day as well in the Mets second straight win over the Marlins at Citi Field. In a ten-game stretch in mid-April Pete collected 15 hits with 5 HRs & 12 RBIs hitting .375. On April 15th, Pete hit a solo HR off the A's Shintaro Fujinami in a 3-2 win at Oakland. The next day, Alonso's top of ...