Why Pete Alonso and the Mets should get this done and stick together

Free agency is more unpredictable than a short playoff series, an honest-to-goodness crapshoot if there ever was one.

Did anyone expect the New York City-born, Met-loving, Keith Hernandez-idolizing Alex Rodriguez would be fitting himself for cowboy boots deep in the heart of Texas?

Did you see Robinson Cano sipping Starbucks in Seattle?

Who had Zack Greinke, longtime Dodger, heading to the dessert as a D-Back?