The New York Mets have emerged as one of the best teams in baseball this season after investing heavily in the roster following a Cinderella run to the National League Championship Series.

The team built on its surprising playoff success from last year by handing out the largest contract in baseball history to Juan Soto, and it paid top dollar for other win-now additions like Clay Holmes and Frankie Montas.

But perhaps the front office’s savviest offseason move was re-signing homegrown slugger Pete Alonso, who agreed to return to the Mets on a two-year, $54 million deal that includes a player option at the end of this season. Alonso has slashed .291/.387/.561 with 17 homers and the most RBI in the majors so far this season and he’s sure to exercise that option and seek a long-term deal this winter.

Alonso could join a new team for the first time in his career if the Mets refuse to give him an extension or match his next contract. But Mets superstar infielder Fransico Lindor believes Alonso will try to avoid that possibility.

“I don’t know what he’s going to end up doing this year, but I’m sure he’s going to try for an extension and make the most money he can,” Lindor said during an appearance on the “The Show With Joel Sherman and Jon Heyman.”

By all indications, Alonso would like to end his career as a Met and the franchise has certainly been good for his production. So it shouldn’t be a surprise that he would try to wrestle an extension from the organization.

But Lindor’s projection that the slugger will be focused on the highest dollar amount he can secure might derail the chances of a long-term deal with the Mets. Given the way negotiations panned out last winter, it seems unlikely that the team is willing to invest top dollar in an aging first baseman, even one as good as Alonso has been.