Laura Albanese

For most of the season, he was their best hitter with runners in scoring position.

That changed towards the end of the year.

But the Mets had terrible situational hitting.

So somebody who can protect Juan Soto in the lineup drives in 126, hits 38 home runs, hits bombs, and then what I feel like is undervalued, plays all 166.

That's huge.

His wife gave birth on the 21st.

The Mets were playing the Nationals.

He was in the lineup.

He didn't announce it.

I am all for pro paternity leave, but I think it does prove that he wants the one.

100%.

And the one that says 162 in bold because that's a major league high because you can't play any more than that.

Hopefully his wife gave birth later in the night and he was able to be there.

But I think it proves his dedication to the franchise, which is unmatched.

And I also liked, I mean, I mentioned this in my column,

there's that, there's kind of that reputation for first baseman, power hitting first baseman to fall off a cliff physically.

He's entering his age 31 season.

He wants to play till he's 40.

And me and him had this conversation earlier in the year.

And he's like, I know that my physical attributes aren't always going to be there.