September 28, 2019; Pete Alonso clobbered his 53rd home-run of the season, breaking the all time rookie home run record set by Aaron Judge of the Yankees two year prior. I jumped in my seat hooraying that Pete has finally achieved the inevitable, it was such a joy and wild ride all Mets fan were apart off for the race to 53. It was a surreal moment and a proud moment to experience that and to know finally the Mets won’t be on the wrong side of history anymore. We had ourselves something the Mets needed badly for a long time; A true defined power hitter. It looked like we really had something to look forward to for the coming years, and I was right.

4 years later and I was right we have found our power hitter for the future to come. On average Pete averages 46 home runs a year and 118 RBIs, and has already beaten a franchise record for most home runs hit by a Mets player before the end of April. He is the fastest to do it in just 3 weeks of playing he has reached 10 home runs and 23 RBIs, both are leading in the NL. This isn’t nothing new for Pete, who has shown power and resiliency with his swing over the past 4 years. He has become more mature at the plate and has changed his swing pattern to be more of a pull hitter when the ball was coming in as a breaking ball and not swing so aggressively out of the zone. It has shaped him well, lowering his strikeout rate to less than 10% to begin the season.

10 homers before the end of April and already a quarter way to 100 RBIs, it looks like a very promising season for Alonso this year, but how promising is the question. The. New York Mets have never had an MVP in their 61 years since their first season in the league. They have come close a few times in their history. In 1988 when Darryl Strawberry finished second to Kirk Gibson in MVP voting. And in the 1969 World Series year when Tom Seaver finished 2nd to Willie McCovvey. The Mets are known historically to be a laughable franchise and not having any MVP winners can be the laughing stock of the whole issue.

But our lord and savior ‘Pistol Pete’ could help us lead to the first MVP awarded in Mets history. He is already top 5 in Mets homers all time, passing Dave Kingman (154) a few days ago. Alonso has been tearing up the ball, with a slash line of .293/.376/.671/1.047 has given him the power he needs to reach remarkable heights for the end of the season. He was on pace for 40ish home runs, that could look to be a lot more this year, as he is 1/4 way to 40 and there is still 5 months of baseball left. He is on pace to demolish Aaron Judge’s record again of most home runs in a single season. On pace to go 73 home runs! That would tie Barry Bonds for the most home runs ever in a season! Bringing the title back to the NL, and to have both NY stars be the best home run hitters in the league is outstandingly phenomenal. If we want to be a little superstitious with baseball, Pete Alonso debuted 2 years after Aaron Judge did, both collecting ROY and a home run derby in their career. Maybe they will both have an MVP to go with their similar accolades by the end of next year.

Every year since his debut year he has cut his strikeouts and increased his walk rate which inevitably helped turn up his batting average to an almost .300 hitter for the season! Pete is in the front run for the NL MVP conversation, and he is not stopping anytime soon. It might be his only year of easy competition for the crown jewel unless ‘Shohei Ohtani’ brings his way to the NL next year and brings more difficulty for Alonso to achieve the best of the best. But Alonso has what it takes. He has fought this much adversity becoming such a lethal power hitter in a pitchers friendly ball park. He has climbed the ranks through every challenge he has excelled and proven to be the warrior this team needs. Always gets undermined by the league as not as powerful as other NL superstars, but now is the time for Alonso to change that. 9 NL first baseman since 2000 have won the MVP, most notably ‘Paul Goldschmidt’ who just took home the award last season in 2022 for the Cardinals.

Alonso is a proven star and it looks like he is hungry for more this season and hungry for a chance at redemption in the dangerous NL East, he wants to make the message to the league that it is the Mets year. Through all adversity he has shown he is not afraid of the next challenge. Whatever has to be done will be achieved, I sense an uproar in the season predictions for Mr. Polar Bear Alonso, I sense an MVP coming across the horizon all the way to Queens, its insight for these Metropolitans and it’s coming for the Polar Bear.