Winker is among the looming free agents who carry positive vibes into the offseason: "I said it was a dream come true and it really was."

Pete Alonso seemed stunned this season had ended and perhaps his time with the New York Mets. “I’m just kind of shell-shocked that the season’s over, because once you get on this postseason run, you kind of don’t really think that it’s going to end ever because we overcame so much and we perform really well in big spots,

LOS ANGELES — In the final days of the regular season and so often through this postseason run, Pete Alonso could wave his bat like a wand and conjure up one more game for the Mets — one more game in which he would play for the Mets. On Sunday, the magic was all gone, and his future became the startling present.