First baseman Pete Alonso is a powerful man. He knows how to hit home runs, and he can do it in bunches. His 146 dingers since debuting in 2019 are the most in baseball. He’s already made his way toward the top of multiple home-run-related Mets leaderboards, and it won’t stop any time soon (we hope, at least).
It’s not just the cumulative number of dingers that’s impressive for Alonso. What he’s accomplished on a yearly basis has been just as impressive. The pandemic-shortened 2020 season limited him to just 16 after hitting an MLB rookie record 53 in 2019.