The Pete Alonso show rolls on!
The Mets crushed the Rockies thanks in part to continued dominance from Pete Alonso at the plate
What’s up with the Mets? ⚾
The Mets obliterated the Rockies on Sunday 13-5 to complete the weekend sweep in Denver (Box)
Pete Alonso continued his torrid first half, crushing two home runs, numbers 242 and 243 in his career to tie and then pass David Wright for 2nd place on the Mets all-time home run list
Jeff McNeil also crushed two long balls in the rout, and Brett Baty and Francisco Álvarez each also went deep
Juan Soto reached base six times on Sunday, walking three times and singling three times while scoring three runs
Tylor Megill started on the mound and was plenty good enough for five innings, allowing just two runs on three hits and three walks
Paul Blackburn covered the final four innings for the Mets to earn the save
Play of the Game ⭐️
After already tying David Wright on the Mets career home runs leaderboard earlier, Pete Alonso came to the plate with a man on in the 8th inning and crushed a towering blast down the left field line for his second home run of the game and 243rd of his career—giving him 2nd place in the club’s record books all to himself.
Who’s Hot? 🔥
In eight games in June, Pete Alonso is slashing .382/.462/.971 with 13 hits, six homers and 18 RBI with 10 runs scored
Jeff McNeil is hitting .296/.345/.704 with three homers, two doubles, and 5 RBI in seven games in June
Down on the Farm 🌾
RHP Nolan McLean (No. 6 Prospect, Triple-A): 5.1 IP, 1 ER, 2 H, 2 BB, 4 K, 1 HR
1B Ryan Clifford (No. 5 Prospect, Double-A): 1-for-2, HR, RBI, 3 BB
IF Jett Williams (No. 1 Prospect, Double-A): 2-for-4, 2 2B, 2 RBI, 2 R
SS Marco Vargas (No. 14 Prospect, High-A): 3-for-5, RBI
BOX SCORES
Low-A STL | High-A BRK | Double-A BNG | Triple-A SYR
Today’s Game 🗓️
The Mets are off today and will open a three game series with the Nationals at Citi Field tomorrow
Pete Alonso! ✍️
What else can we say about Pete Alonso at this point?
Just a few short months ago, the Polar Bear’s future in Queens was questionable at best, and now, as we approach the middle of June, it’s scary to even think of where this team would be without him.
Alonso’s dominant start to 2025 is the biggest reason the Mets own the best record in the National League, and he’s almost single-handedly taken enormous focus off of Juan Soto and allowed the latter to have more of a grace period as he transitions to life in Flushing.
Through his first 66 games, Alonso is slashing .301/.396/.594 with 17 home runs, a Major League high 61 RBI, and 20 doubles. The .990 OPS he’s currently sporting would easily be the best mark of his career, and if Shohei Ohtani didn’t exist, he’d be the hands-down favorite for National League MVP—though his case is even better than the one Francisco Lindor forged against Ohtani a year ago.
While much of the focus on Alonso and his accolades in 2025 has been based on what he’s accomplished this season, Sunday afternoon took on a much larger meaning.
When Alonso first re-signed this past winter, the immediate storyline was that he should be able to break the Mets all-time home run record at some point this summer. At the rate he’s going right now, it will certainly be sooner rather than later.
In the game with the Rockies yesterday, Alonso blasted two home runs—the 23rd multi-homer game of his career. And blasts were particularly noteworthy.
The first one, coming in the third inning, tied Pete with Mets’ legend David Wright for 2nd place on the club’s all-time home run list at 242. Then in the eighth, when Alonso struck yet again, he claimed the number two spot all to himself.
He’s now only nine blasts behind Darryl Strawberry for the Mets record, and it would be pretty surprising if he didn’t get there before the all-star break. And when he does, the celebration will understandably be enormous.
Alonso is a phenomenally well-liked, homegrown Met, who has been a fan favorite since his first Major League spring training. He’s been a good soldier, a good leader, good with the media, and has really been everything the Mets could ever have hoped for from a cornerstone player since the day he debuted in 2019.
It was critically important to the fans that the club brought him back as a free agent last winter because we all felt Alonso deserved the opportunity to chase and claim this record.
And now that he’s really closing in on it, the question will quickly turn into how far can he push it?
Alonso has clearly proven he deserves the long-term contract he coveted last offseason, and he’ll undoubtedly opt out of his deal this winter in search of that deal.
That part will be fascinating to see how Steve Cohen and David Stearns handle the situation, but in the meantime let’s just enjoy what we’re watching.
Most certainly, the Mets should look to prevent him from opting out during the season. That will be hard given who his agent is, but he has made it clear how much he wants to stay with the Mets for life.
They need to now make that happen.
In the meantime, there’s never been a better version of Pete Alonso than the one we’re seeing right now, and it will be exhilarating to see if he can keep it up throughout the rest of the season and into October.
Around the League 🚩
Six Padres pitchers combined to shut out the Brewers and pitch San Diego to a 1-0 road win
Andrew McCutchen delivered a go-ahead hit in the bottom of the 8th inning to lead Pittsburgh to a 2-1 win over the Phillies
Bo Naylor homered and drove in a pair of runs in Cleveland’s 4-2 victory over Houston
Salvador Perez and Bobby Witt Jr. both connected on long balls in the Royals 7-5 win in Chicago
Mike Yastrzemski drove in three runs to help lead San Francisco to a 4-3 win over Spencer Strider and the Braves
Going to go off subject (Pete) and but stay on topic (Mets) ... Luisangel Acuña. Have the Mets decided he will never be an everyday player? They can't keep using him as just a late inning PR and defensive plugin. He needs at bats, in Syracuse if that's the only route. I get it that they want to win this year and he is filling a need but they can't sacrifice his career ... and they're on that road. There must be a cheap vet out there somewhere with a good glove and legs to do the late-inning work. Sorry for the detour from Pete but this is long range bothersome.
All true and kudos to Pete. I do hope that the Mets and Pete come to the conclusion that they need each other, and get a longer deal done. A well deserved day off for a team that is getting it done! So far it has been a very good year!