Nine years ago, the Yankees were in a period of transition. They had just bid farewell to Alex Rodriguez, giving him a Yankee Stadium sendoff on Aug. 12, 2016, in what proved to be his final MLB game.

New York Mets' star slugger Pete Alonso etched his name into the history books with a remarkable home run tally, a feat that invites comparisons with Aaron Judge's impressive power display with the ...