Last season, New York Mets‘ fans couldn’t see their team advance to the playoffs despite a late push in August and the first half of September. However, they enjoyed the season for several seasons, and the primary one was probably the rise to stardom of one of the organization’s prized rookies: Pete Alonso.
In his first season in the Big Show, the Mets’ first baseman hit only .260, but had a league-leading 53 home runs (which broke the record for a rookie set by Aaron Judge in 2017) and drove in 120 runs.
In the process, Alonso bettered some notable sluggers in the old circuit.