Alonso ended up re-signing with New York (two years, $54 million with a player option after the first year), but his presence in the middle of the Mets’ lineup wasn’t always a given. In free agency, as he put it, Alonso and agent Scott Boras received “dialogue from a number of places over the course of the offseason.”

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It wasn’t quite the same as Citi Field, but still, loanDepot park had a certain aura percolating the atmosphere as Pete Alonso rounded the bases following a fifth-inning grand slam in Monday night's 10-4 win against the Marlins.