Dream NY Mets starting lineup for the 2025 season

Batting fifth in the dream Mets lineup, first baseman Pete Alonso

Pete Alonso gets invited into this dream. Sure, the Mets have other directions they could go at first base. And they probably should open up the DH spot for an every-so-often appearance by Alonso there.

Alonso’s 2024 regular season was full of critique. Most notably, his inability to come up with the big clutch hit. A first inning home run would be pointed at as being invaluable because of the lack of pressure. Insurance runs he’d knock in were called garbage time.

Once a guy who seemed above the boos of Mets fans, his impending free agency weighed heavily on our hearts this year. Thoughts of Alonso caring more about money than remaining with the organization hit some fans harder. He’d hear it from them the moment he made any mistake.

The big guy did manage to change the perspective in the playoffs. His Game 3 home run to bring the Mets back from the dead was the number one moment of the season. The undertaker was already carrying the embalming fluid to the visiting team’s dugout in Milwaukee.

There aren’t too many superior options at first base for the Mets. One could argue Christian Walker makes more sense on a shorter deal. But this is a dream. In dreams we like to romanticize players. Alonso returns to the Mets, becomes the team’s all-time home run king, and turns in the kind of performance in 2025 we expect him to.