In the first inning on Monday night, Pete Alonso hit an 0-1 pitch from Merrill Kelly into the M&M’s Sweet Seats. It was his 46th homer of the year. He would hit his 47th homer of the the year in the fifth inning.

Those two homers give him the Major League lead over Mike Trout, and they are three more than Cody Bellinger, Eugenio Suarez, and Christian Yelich for the National League lead.

Certainly, those two homers proved to be the difference in the game for a Mets team doing all that they can do to grab the second Wild Card.

Being the already mature team player he already is, Alonso wanted to focus more on the team than himself saying after the game as he told Mike Puma of the New York Post, “Really, the [biggest] thing, I just want to make the playoffs, That is something we still have a chance to do and I still think making the playoffs would be the most rewarding experience ever. From where we have come so far this year, to be able to make it and have a chance to play for a ring, that would surpass any personal records.”

However, as much as Alonso wants to make it about the team and the pursuit for the playoffs, his hitting 47 homers is really the story right now.

As we know, Alonso has already surpassed Bellinger’s National League rookie record of 39 homers. He has also surpassed Todd Hundley‘s and Carlos Beltran‘s Mets single season home run record of 41. While it has not garnered as much attention, Alonso hitting 47 homers over his first 142 games is a Major League record.

Of course on the topic of records, the focus right now is Aaron Judge‘s rookie record of 52 homers. Over the Mets first 142 games, Alonso has homered 47 times. That means Alonso is currently on pace for 53 homers which would get him just past Judge’s rookie record. If Alonso were to hit 53 homers, it is likely he would lead the Majors in homers.

On that front, no rookie has ever finished the outright leader in homers. As noted above, he is two ahead of Trout, who just underwent a cryoablation procedure to address his neuroma in his right foot. As a result, he is going to miss some games thereby presumably taking away some competition for Alonso. That means he is going to likely be in a dead head with Bellinger, Suarez, and Yelich.

As we have seen he’s already topped Bellinger’s home run record meaning it is possible Alonso can fend him and others off this year. As he does that, not only will Alonso become the first rookie to lead the league in homers, he will further cement his being named the Rookie of the Year. And who knows? If Alonso continues to power the Mets like this, he just might be able to fulfill his goal of playing in the playoffs.