There can be no question, now or ever, how much the Mets needed Pete Alonso on Oct. 3 in Milwaukee during Game 3 of their National League Wild Card series against the Brewers, when they were down, 2-0 ...

Their Game 4 win over the Philadelphia Phillies ... a chance to overcome. They never did because another element that has gone so well for the Mets much of this season took charge.

Wright’s number will be the 10th retired by the Mets, the sixth under Cohen. Wright spent his entire 14-season big league ...

The Mets’ winter was highlighted by the acquisition ... Pham went 3-for-5 with a game-tying eighth-inning homer in the Diamondbacks’ 4-3 win on Sept. 11. And who knows what kind of butterfly ...

The St. Louis Cardinals won their first National League Pennant in 18 years yesterday, with an 11-5 win over the New York Mets. The Cardinals will meet the American League champion New York ...