Pete Alonso has been doing everything in his power — quite literally — to keep playing for the New York Mets. Poised to become an attractive free agent next month, the big slugger is an enormous reason the wild-card Mets are still marching along this October.

Was this how it was going to end for Pete Alonso in his Mets tenure? With free agency waiting for him whenever the Mets season ends, Alonso came to the plate in the ninth inning of an elimination game with his team trailing 2-0.