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The Mets either traded away or lost in free agency three key pieces of the franchise this week.

Pete Alonso

How acquired: Drafted in the second round (No. 64 overall) in 2016 out of the University of Florida.

Tenure with the Mets: 7 seasons

Highlights: It has to start with his famous three-run, go-ahead home run off now-Mets closer Devin Williams in the ninth inning of Game 3 of the 2024 wild-card series, with the Mets down to their final out.

There were the back-to-back Home Run Derby titles in 2019 — as a rookie – and in 2021 (there was no Derby in 2020).

There was his Rookie of the Year and

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