Breaking News: my presence is not needed,.Pete Alonso admits leaving Mets today…

Pete Alonso celebrates his double in front of Amed Rosario of the Tampa Bay Rays during the fifth inning on May 3, 2024.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Pete Alonso is a slugger who always has fancied himself as more than that.

He drove in a majors-best 131 runs in 2022 and 118 last season not just with home runs but with timely hits and an ability to sometimes just make contact when contact is needed.

Which makes his .138 batting average with runners in scoring position this season — which was the ninth-worst among qualified hitters in MLB before Sunday’s late games — all the more surprising.

The ice-cold Polar Bear went to the plate five times Sunday and recorded six outs in a gut-wrenching, 7-6 loss in 10 innings to the Rays at Tropicana Field.

The Mets lost, in part, because Edwin Diaz allowed a game-tying homer in the ninth and, in part, because Jonny DeLuca smoked a walk-off, two-run triple, but also because they could not capitalize on enough opportunities early in the game to gain separation.

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