Team Home Run Kings: 2026 Opening Day Update
Last summer, Pete Alonso set the Mets' career home run record. Over the winter, Alonso went to Baltimore as a free agent, and in doing so joined Giancarlo Stanton as a franchise dinger leader no longer playing for that franchise. Stanton hit 267 home runs for the Marlins before he joined the Yankees, three more than Alonso's homer haul as a member of the Mets. Only the Rays ( Evan Longoria , 261), Diamondbacks ( Luis Gonzalez , 224), and Padres ( Manny Machado , 194) have a lower number for their team record. The only other team under 300 is the Nationals, with Ryan Zimmerman having retired at 284 home runs. Aside from San Diego, where Machado should soon become the first Padres slugger to reach 200 homers, each of these teams has an active home run leader who no longer plays for them. In Arizona, Ketel Marte has 168 home runs, which is 56 behind Gonzalez's team record, and 41 away from matching Paul Goldschmidt (also the Cardinals' active leader with 153 home runs...