A quiet number can tell you a lot if you stop and sit with it for a moment. Take 112, for example. That was the New York Mets’ team wRC+ in 2025, the fifth-best mark in baseball, and a reminder that this lineup, despite its mood swings, could go toe to toe with anyone when it found its rhythm. The Mets weren’t always crisp or cohesive, but when the offense clicked, it felt like watching a match dragged across dry brush. They could burn through opponents in a hurry.

And at the center of so many of those fires was Pete Alonso.

He wasn’t just one more slugger in a deep order. He was the muscle, the heartbeat, and the name opposing pitchers circled twice. Thirty-eight home runs, a 141 wRC+, 126 runs driven in. The numbers still pop even after years of getting used to them. He opted out after

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