The Mets, on the other hand, face a gauntlet of baseball's best teams: the Brewers, Phillies, San Diego Padres, Dodgers. It's as if the Mets have to run a double marathon and the Yankees are doing a corporate fun run. The Yankees have a better shot of lasting because the challenge is simply not the same.

The New York Yankees have not been doing so well lately, but neither have their crosstown rivals, the New York Mets.

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Pete Alonso is the New York Mets' new franchise home run leader. A former New York Met made a bold claim about Alonso after the record-breaking homer.

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