SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Any intrigue surrounding the National League Rookie of the Year vote likely concluded in August and September as Pete Alonso was crushing his way into the record book.

The Mets first baseman will almost certainly be officially recognized for his historic season on Monday, when the award’s vote tally is released by the Baseball Writers’ Association of America. Alonso would become the first Mets player since Jacob deGrom (2014) to win Rookie of the Year.

Alonso’s spectacular season included a major league leading 53 home runs. Along the way, he broke Aaron Judge’s MLB rookie record of 52 homers that had been established in 2017.

“To be part of Major League history, to be No. 1 out of every single guy to play the game, it’s humbling and it’s such a ridiculously awesome feeling,” Alonso said upon breaking Judge’s record. “That moment was pure magic.”

Braves pitcher Mike Soroka and Padres shortstop Fernando Tatis Jr. are the other finalists for the award.

Soroka posted a 2.68 ERA, which ranked fifth among NL qualifiers. Tatis finished with a .969 OPS in 83 games and might have posed a more formidable threat to Alonso if not for a stress reaction in his back that ended his season in August.

Alonso wasn’t even guaranteed a roster spot when spring training began in part because of questions about his defense. Alonso had gained attention the previous season by hitting 36 homers in the minor leagues, but he was denied a September call-up by team officials.

Among general manager Brodie Van Wagenen’s first acts upon taking the job last October was traveling to the Phoenix area, where Alonso was participating in the Arizona Fall League, to assure the slugging first baseman he would be given a fair opportunity to win the starting job in spring training.

Bucking the conventional practice of sending promising rookies to the minor leagues to begin the season so service time can be manipulated, the Mets placed Alonso on the Opening Day roster and were rewarded by a performance that earned Alonso honors as National League Rookie of the Month for March/April.

“I am just lucky,” Alonso said. “I would run through a wall for every single one of these guys, and the way the team [responded] to everything, the way I have been treated since Day 1, not just in the season and during spring, everyone has treated me with class and respect, so I just have been so overly thankful.”

Alonso’s big season included shattering the franchise record for homers in a season that was previously shared by new manager Carlos Beltran and Todd Hundley (41). And Alonso won the Home Run Derby in Cleveland, donating a portion of the $1 million prize to charities.

“For my entire life, I have only wanted to be a baseball player,” Alonso said. “I didn’t have a Plan B and for all the hard work, determination, for all that to kind of just pay off and not just pay off, it kind of showed everybody I’m a good big-league baseball player and this is all I have ever wanted to do and to kind of come in my first year and be successful and play hard.”