The two-time Home Run Derby champion is just 26 home runs from tying Darryl Strawberry’s franchise home run record (252), which the Mets expect Alonso to break this season. If he continues on his career home run pace, he’ll be known as the greatest Met power hitter in the team’s history.

As a winter storm is set to hit to hit New York City, it’s fitting that the “Polar Bear” is returning to the Big Apple. Pete Alonso, the New York Mets’ beloved first baseman, will be back with the team for the upcoming season after an offseason contract negotiation that seemed dead before a recent revival.

First baseman Pete Alonso, nicknamed the Polar Bear, is staying with the New York Mets on a new two-year deal.