The free agency market for first basemen was moving over the last week, and it has left Pete Alonso as the top remaining player without a home. It might make the most sense for him to end up re-signing with the New York Mets.

With their competition for first base satisfying their needs through signings and trades this offseason, the Mets remain the clearest team with a hole. The likely answer, then is that, yes, the Mets want Alonso — at their price, and they’re willing to wait around to make it happen.

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?