With one swing after another, the home runs amassed until a folk hero was born, a slugger unlike any the Mets have employed ...

New York Mets first baseman Pete Alonso started belting MLB home runs as a rookie in 2019 and he hasn’t stopped. Tuesday ...

Céspedes (2013-14, the former in Citi Field) had achieved previously. When Alonso won the 2019 Derby as a rookie, he went on to hit a rookie-record 53 home runs by the end of the season.

2019: Pete Alonso, 1B New York Mets Alonso defeated Guerrero Jr. to win his first Home Run Derby title at Progressive Field in Cleveland. He'd go on to finish the season with an MLB-best 53 home runs.

The Mets' Pete Alonso will defend his Home Run Derby title at Coors Field on July 12, but there will be no rematch with Vladimir Guerrero Jr. of the Blue Jays, who has decided not to take part.

Pete Alonso hit a two-run home run against the Braves on Tuesday night, moving him past Darryl Strawberry and into first ...