While New York Mets slugger Pete Alonso has cemented himself as one of baseball's premier power hitters ever since entering the MLB in 2019, few predicted that he'd produce the sort of season he's having in 2025.

Pete Alonso has taken his game offensively to “another level.” That assessment was provided Friday by Mets president of baseball operations David Stearns, who was asked about the possibility he would engage in contract extension talks with Alonso’s camp during the season.

Everything was going right for the Mets on Thursday afternoon, until Kodai Senga went down with a hamstring injury in the top of the sixth.