Despite their inconsistencies after the All-Star break, the Mets’ offense was among baseball’s best last season. New York’s 116 team wRC+ ranked third behind the Los Angeles Dodgers (119) and Toronto Blue Jays (117). There were many solid individual seasons at the plate in Queens, but first baseman Pete Alonso was the straw that stirred the drink.
That’ll happen when you’re the squad’s lone premier power threat and slug 40 homers with a franchise-record 131 RBI. While no Met hitter had ever driven in runs at his pace, Alonso is used to putting up gaudy numbers.