Mets free agents in the playoffs: 1 raising his stock, 1 who needs to do more, 1 quietly executing

Mets free agent Pete Alonso needs to accomplish more than his one home run

You shouldn’t want the Mets to bring back Pete Alonso just because he hit one of the most important home runs in franchise history. Your opinion of him and his future should more heavily weigh on his already impressive track record of hitting for power on a consistent basis. Replacing him will be difficult for the Mets no matter what direction they go in, whether it’s finding an internal or external first base option.

Alonso’s game-winning smash with the season on the line on Thursday should hopefully be one of several big hits for him in the playoffs. While it doesn’t completely erase the down season he had, it did eliminate the narrative that he cannot come through in the clutch.

Alonso will need to do more at the plate in order for his postseason to matter in free agency. The lone Mets home run of the playoffs came off his bat in dramatic fashion. However, he has just 2 hits and is one of multiple players on the team slumping for much of the playoffs. The Mets offense has been timely, not frequent.

What more does a guy have to do than to send his team to the NLDS? Leading the team with 4 RBI this October, he’s going to need to help the team actually score some runs early and not all bunched up in one inning.