The New York Mets may have been playing winning baseball since the trade deadline despite being a selling ballclub, but that turnaround of theirs was too little too late. The 2026 campaign was long gone for the Mets since then, and their disastrous 2026 season has made it so that some of their decisions during the offseason, in retrospect, look all the more disastrous.

One of the Mets' heavily-criticized decisions during the offseason was their choice to let star first baseman Pete Alonso go in free agency to the Baltimore Orioles. Alonso has been the epitome of consistency since breaking through in the big leagues in 2019. Not only does he rarely miss games, he averaged 41.3 home runs during his time in New York (excluding the COVID-shortened 2020 season).

In 2026, Alonso continues to be one of the best sluggers in MLB. Entering play on Monday, with the Orioles visiting the Mets at Citi Field, Alonso has 35 home runs and 100 runs batted in to his name in 2026. Suffice to say, the Mets have been sorely missing his production. But for Francisco Lindor, he's also missing Alonso as a teammate and as a person, having shared a locker room with him for five seasons.

“As a person, I do miss him, for sure,” Lindor said, via SNY Mets on X.

Francisco Lindor was asked how much the Mets have missed Pete Alonso this year:

"You can see the numbers, but at the end of the day, I thought the guys that we acquired were going to help us win games. We just haven't played, we haven't performed to our best.

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However, Lindor is not blaming the Mets' horrible 2026 season on Alonso's departure. He's choosing to take the glass half-full approach, saying that the front office had their reasons for making the moves they did this offseason — only for underperformance and injuries to rear their ugly heads.

“You can see the numbers, but at the end of the day, I thought the guys that we acquired were going to help us win games. We just haven't played, we haven't performed to our best. It's one of those that, you see him on the other side like, ‘wow, those are great numbers. That's Pete Alonso,'” Lindor said.

“But, at the same time, you look in our clubhouse and you say, the guys that we have are capable of helping us win ballgames. We haven't stayed healthy and we haven't put the season together.”

The Mets currently have a 69-81 record, and they must be looking forward to redeeming themselves in 2027.