The Polar Bear officially sits atop the Mets' food chain.

Pete Alonso passed Darryl Strawberry for the most home runs in franchise history on Tuesday, launching career home run No. 253 in the third inning off the Atlanta Braves starter Spencer Strider. The shot was his 27th of the season, coming three days after tying the record at 252 during Saturday night's 7-4 loss to the Milwaukee Brewers.

Jumping on a first-pitch fastball right down the heart of the plate, he lined a 387-foot laser that barely cleared the wall in right-center field.

The game was temporarily delayed, as Alonso was greeted by a horde of his teammates outside of the Mets' dugout.

He is now cemented as the greatest power hitter in franchise history, which was already a foregone conclusion regardless of this record, or

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