There's no way to complain about anything Alonso has done to this point of the season. He's carried an offense that has at times been fairly inept around him, and he's the biggest single reason that the Mets sit atop the NL East and only one game behind the Padres for the best record in the National League at 15-7.

After a lengthy contract dispute with the Mets, Alonso ended up signing a two-year deal worth $54 million with an opt-out. His performance this season and Toronto Blue Jays first baseman Vladimir Guerrero Jr.’s recent 14-year, $500 million extension couldn’t be coinciding at a better time for the slugger.

Pete Alonso's MLB Stats to start the season has the Mets President of Baseball Ops claiming he's, "unlike anything I've seen before"