It’s strange how quickly a franchise can feel different. One moment, Pete Alonso is the beating heart of the New York Mets lineup, the one guy you could count on to turn a dull inning into something loud. The next, he’s posing for photos in orange and black, and the Mets are left to explain how a player who hit 264 home runs for them walked out the door without much resistance. It doesn’t feel real yet, and maybe that’s because it shouldn’t have come to this.

The Production New York Chose Not To Keep

The numbers alone read like a résumé you’d slide across the table and expect an immediate yes. Alonso delivered 712 runs batted in over seven seasons, with one of those years chopped down to the 60-game sprint of 2020. Even in the context of today’s power-happy game, a 132 wRC+ across that s

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