A protracted free agency kept Alonso’s Mets future in limbo this past offseason. But he eventually signed a two-year, $54 million contract — with an opt-out after 2024 — shortly before spring training to remain in Queens. So far, it has paid dividends for both Alonso and the Mets, as he’s in the midst of a career year.

While New York Mets slugger Pete Alonso has cemented himself as one of baseball's premier power hitters ever since entering the MLB in 2019, few predicted that he'd produce the sort of season he's having in 2025.

Everything was going right for the Mets on Thursday afternoon, until Kodai Senga went down with a hamstring injury in the top of the sixth.