Pete Alonso

2 weeks ago | worldbaseball.com | David Wright |Jeff McNeil |Juan Soto |Pete Alonso

About 3 minutes reading time. DENVER (AP) — When he re-signed with the New York Mets last winter, Pete Alonso saw an opportunity to become the team’s career leader in home runs and multihomer games. He checked one record off his list Sunday with a pair of two-run shots in over the Colorado Rockies — and the burly first baseman is closing in on the other. Alonso’s 23rd multihomer game broke a tie with Darryl Strawberry for the most in Mets history.

1 month ago | worldbaseball.com | Juan Soto |Max Muncy |Pete Alonso |Teoscar Hernandez

NEW YORK (AP) — Max Muncy couldn’t believe his eyes when umpire Tripp Gibson called visual obstruction on the Los Angeles Dodgers third baseman, giving the New York Mets a run. “It’s just a unique play that doesn’t usually happen,” Muncy said Saturday, a day after in a rematch of . With Los Angeles leading 3-1 in the fourth inning, Pete Alonso hit a 252-foot fly to Teoscar Hernández.

1 month ago | worldbaseball.com | Juan Soto |Pete Alonso

BOSTON (AP) — New York Mets manager Carlos Mendoza said he’ll talk to Juan Soto about hustling out of the batter’s box after the slugger watched his would-be home run bounce off the Green Monster for a single Monday night against the Boston Red Sox. Leading off the sixth inning on a chilly night at Fenway Park with a 15 mph wind blowing in from left field, Soto hit a 102 mph line drive to left and stood watching as it .

2 months ago | blogs.fangraphs.com | Pete Alonso |Ben Clemens

It’s never fun being the subject of a story that people call a saga. So when the Pete Alonso free agency saga transpired over the winter, I wondered whether he’d get off to a sluggish start as a result. Signing for less money than your agent told you you’d make, later than you expected to sign, and with a team offering you a smaller contract than they had the year before? It’s enough to make spring training a bit less of a ramp-up period and a bit more of a time for taking out frustration.

Jan 14, 2025 | worldbaseball.com | Pete Alonso |Sean Manaea

About 3 minutes reading time. NEW YORK (AP) — Sean Manaea was taken by the New York Mets’ family feeling, just like Juan Soto. “I thought that it was a perfect fit. I know Talat, my wife now, she loved it on the family side, as well,” Manaea said Monday during a Zoom call to discuss his $75 million, three-year contract with the Mets that was announced Dec. 27. Manaea, who turns 33 on Feb.