Mike's Met Of The Month, April 2025: Pete Alonso

It's safe to say that April of 2025 is one of the most successful months in the history of the New York Mets. The team tied a National League record for most wins in the first full month of the season with 19, allowing them to enter May tied for the best record in baseball at 21-10. There have been plenty of reasons why the Mets have won so often, and the answer has rarely been Juan Soto, who is off to a quiet start in his first year in Queens. Francisco Lindor has bucked his trend of slow starts, hitting .333 with six home runs and 15 RBI in the April, while LuisAngel Acuna (.323, 6 stolen bases in 62 at bats) was strong enough to remain on the big league roster when Jeff McNeil returned from injury. The pitching side had its fair share of standouts as well as Kodai Senga (3-1, 1.26 ERA in five starts), Tylor Megill (2-2, 1.73 ERA in five starts), Clay Holmes (3-0, 2.42 ERA in five starts), Griffin Canning (4-0, 2.49 ERA in five starts) and David Peterson (1-1, 3.08 ERA in five starts) helped the Mets post the best rotation ERA in the game. The bullpen's depth also shined as Huascar Brazoban (1-0, 1 hold, 1 save, 1.80 ERA in 15 innings pitched), Max Kranick (2-0, 2.65 ERA in 17 innings pitched) and Reed Garrett (0.00 ERA and 8 holds in 10.2 innings pitched) have helped the unit sustain a shaky start from Edwin Diaz. While any of the aforementioned candidates could have won Met of the Month in a normal year, the runaway winner had to be first baseman Pete Alonso. After waiting until late into the winter to re-sign on a two-year deal worth $54 million, Alonso has put together some of his best all-around production as a major leaguer.

Pete Alonso has been on a tear for the New York Mets since the start of the season.

In 27 games over the course of April, Alonso hit .358 (34-for-95) with 11 doubles, a triple, six home runs, 24 RBI and a ridiculous 1.168 OPS. That kind of performance should have Alonso in play for National League Player of the Month honors, where he figures to be competing with former Met Wilmer Flores and Arizona's Eugenio Suarez for that honor.

Alonso hasn't been this locked in at the plate in a while, and it is clear that having Soto hitting in front of him has given Alonso more pitches to hit. The Mets also have to be pleased that Alonso is showing more plate discipline, increasing his walk rate to 16.8 percent and cutting his chase rate significantly, giving them a lethal top three in the batting order for teams to work around. Having Alonso this hot has helped the Mets' offense put up enough to win games despite slow starts from Soto, Brandon Nimmo and Mark Vientos. While the law of averages dictates that Alonso will cool off at some point, his peak performance in April made him the slam dunk choice for Met of the Month honors.