When Pete Alonso saved the Mets season last October with a Wild Card Series-clinching home run against the Milwaukee Brewers, he forever endeared himself as a hero among the Flushing faithful. That magical moment in Milwaukee erased a season of frustration for Alonso and Mets fans,

During an appearance on the “The Chris Rose Rotation” podcast Monday, the Richmond native purported that Billy Beane’s prized stat undervalues his breed — first basemen — and that the Mets front office should look past Pete Alonso’s career 3.8 average and at everything else he brings to the table.