What an April it's been for New York Mets first baseman Pete Alonso. After a painfully long free agency saga that felt like it would end with Alonso accepting more money elsewhere, the fan favorite slugger eventually worked out a short-term deal that allowed him to remain in Queens.

There's no way to complain about anything Alonso has done to this point of the season. He's carried an offense that has at times been fairly inept around him, and he's the biggest single reason that the Mets sit atop the NL East and only one game behind the Padres for the best record in the National League at 15-7.