Pete Alonso is slated to become a free agent after the 2024 season, and the first baseman told reporters (including Andrew Battifarano of the New York Post) that there hadn’t yet been any talks with the Mets about a long-term extension. The only discussions between the two sides centered around the one-year, $20.5MM pact Alonso signed in January to avoid salary arbitration.
Alonso said that he would “welcome the idea” of remaining with the Mets for the rest of his career, saying “I definitely have envisioned myself being a lifelong Met, that’s something I’ve definitely thought about. I love New York, it’s a really special place for my family….but I can’t predict the future. And for me, I just want to focus on this season.”
Interestingly, Alonso said he is open to negotiating after Opening Day, which is something of a departure from most players’ stances on contract talks. The majority of players set the opener as an unofficial deadline to complete negotiations so they can get into the season without any financial concerns weighing on their minds as they start play. This deadline often isn’t absolute, of course, as it is common to see extensions announced a few days or even weeks into April, if the two sides are close enough to a deal by Opening Day that there’s willingness on both sides to finalize matters.
It also isn’t too unusual to see players sign extensions with their current teams with just a year remaining until free agency, though Mets president of baseball operations David Stearns spoke about the difficulties of such deals (without naming Alonso specifically) during an interview back in January. Alonso is also represented by Scott Boras, whose clients tend to test free agency rather than sign extensions, though Jose Altuve’s recent extension with the Astros is one of a few high-profile examples of Boras Corporation clients opting to stay put with just a season to go before the open market.
If anything, there has been a lot more trade speculation about Alonso than extension buzz, though Stearns stated even in January that he was “pretty darn confident” Alonso would still be in New York’s lineup on Opening Day. A late deal could obviously still emerge in Spring Training if another team meets what is surely a big asking price, but if Alonso is dealt at all, a trade might be likelier closer to the trade deadline. Or, if the Mets are in contention at the deadline, a trade might simply not come at all, and the team will retain Alonso through at least a pennant race.
Alonso drew interest back at last year’s trade deadline, when the Mets responded to their subpar season by moving a lot of veteran players in an effort to cut some salary and (more importantly) add some younger talent to the organization. Alonso stayed put despite reported interest from teams such as the Cubs and Brewers, and Chicago has also reportedly inquired about Alonso’s services in trade talks this winter. The Cubs have since addressed first base by acquiring Michael Busch from the Dodgers, though that doesn’t necessarily close on the door on an Alonso deal, considering the DH slot or the possibility that Busch could be flipped to the Mets or perhaps to another team to create room.
Owner Steve Cohen would ultimately be calling the shots when it entails the type of mega-contract it would take to retain a top-tier slugger like Alonso. However, given how Cohen has finally landed Stearns to run the front office, it stands to reason that Cohen might not immediately overrule his PBO if Stearns doesn’t feel it would prudent to extend Alonso at the kind of price tag that Boras will naturally demand. Such contracts are also somewhat uncharted territory for Stearns, since apart from Christian Yelich’s extension, Stearns didn’t have the financial resources in his past job with the Brewers to consider locking up star players as they approached free agency.
I foresee two possibilities:
Mets contend for wild card – Mets keep Alonso, offer qualifying offer, and possibly extend
Mets aren’t close to contending – trade Alonso for prospects at deadline
Neither involve extending now
@NYMETSHEA The Mets should know by now they won’t be contending.
They have just 5 returnees who scored 2 WAR or better in 2023. That’s not enough good players to contend. The Red Sox had twice as many 2-plus WAR players in 2023 and won 78, and none of the Mets players are in the 7-10 WAR tier.
The Mets also added no one—not one player—who projects as a 2 win player in 2024. Their best addition? Backup OFer Harrison Bader, who will be forced into a starting role b/c of how weak their OF is.
They added no pitchers who project to as much as a league average ERA. All 4 ‘major’ bullpen additions project to replacement level performance next season. As for their nucleus, Alonso’s the youngster at 29—everyone else is 30 and over.
If the Mets haven’t figured out by now they’re not contending, well, Stearns isn’t what he’s reputed to be.
To be far there’s like 5-7 guys in baseball in the 7-10 war tier. Lindor is in that very next tier and he’ll probably end up top 10 in war again with a chance to be in that top tier, that being said for me I consider a contender to be a team that could get into the playoffs, I think the Mets have a shot they look like a very average team and I expect them to be around 81-84 wins and they might sneak into WC2.
I’d be impressed if they got 70 wins. Terrible staff, questionable offense, they’re not going anywhere this year.
@Metsfan2006 The problem is the Mets don’t have anything like enough good players to make the postseason short of the kind of luck you can dream on for every other below average team. Sure, 10% of the time they’ll make the postseason. So will a half dozen other teams.
Such an odd strategy, to take a 75-win team and add nothing but below average players, part-timers, replacement level relievers, backup OFers, MI’s whose time came and went years ago.
The problem with the few good players they have, is they aren’t going to be getting better in 2024 than they were in 2023—again short of wishful thinking.. Lindor’s not going to improve on 6 WAR. Nimmo won’t be improving on 4.4 WAR. Senga isn’t taking a step forward. And so on. But they may well get worse.
How do you decide that to improve a 75-win team, the path is to add below average players, and nothing but below average players? players? Why spend $130m on guys like this?
I suppose putting down a more solid, below average floor than the slightly shaky below average floor you had going into the offseason, gives you a slightly better shot at the third wildcard in the event that Alvarez takes a step forward, Vientos puts up an .800 OPS from the DH slot, Baty gives you +1 WAR instead of –1 WAR at 3B, McNeil gets a win back, Marte’s health improves and like Baty he gets you a win instead of costing you a win, all of Lindor, Nimmo, Senga, Alonso don’t lose a step, Severino gives you 15 competent, average starts, Houser and Manaea postpone their ongoing declines for the year, none of Ottavino, Diekman, and Shintaro collapse…, and the competition is sufficiently weak that 85 wins sneaks you into the 3-game wildcard round.
What do you think the chance is, that this parlay comes in? Why not just add good players?
Mets won 75 games last yr – at best they are a 70 win team –
Put me in charge and I could have the New York Mets back in the World Series in three years. This guy Cohen won’t give me a shot. I am willing to do all the heavy lifting which is kicking off the rebuild by trading Lindor, Alonso and anybody else making more than $5 million. Got to rebuild this thing from scratch. Load up on the farm system. Keep some kids. Trade some kids for vets already under contract. This guy Cohen refuses to give me a shot.
@Very Barry Hardly the worst plan, though given the lack of good pitching prospects above rookie ball, and the lack of FV 55 prospects and higher, never mind a Corbin Carroll type, better figure on 5 years for your WS—18 young players and about $200m/AAV on 7 stars. Heck, it’s Cohen. Make it $300m on 12 stars. It’s a workable model.
I would load up on guys still free agents right now. 1 year contracts. All low to mid tier guys. Will ultimately extend a couple and keep.
Real focus is just to build a team good enough for the Wild Card.
Gonna spend money and trade kids for pitching. I am looking for two bona fide #1’s. Opponent will see these guys 6 times in a 7 game series. I will take my chances.
@JackStrawb: Dominic Hamel, Christian Scott, Tyler Stuart, Blade Tidwell, and Mike Vasil, all at AA or above, disagree with your analysis.
None in the top 100 – but lets see what they do this yr
@Very Barry: You wouldn’t get much for Lindor with that contract.
Your mindset is why Stearns is at Citi Field and you’re on here with the rest of us bozos. That and your lack of experience.
I am willing to let him go on the cheap.
I think the Mets are better than their crabby fans give them credit for. They greatly underachieved last season because they felt like the division was owed to them.
I could see the Mets fighting it out with the Phillies for second in the division. They have an ace, an ace closer, a solid middle of the line up with some good talent around them. New manager, new leader at the top, Mets are not going to be the joke of the East again
you are counting on a lot to go right, especially on the pitching side.
Maybe Senga can be an ace for sure but say maybe 14 or 15 wins which is very good as they seem to try keep him on a little bit of extra rest like an extra day or two which will keep his total games down.
Quinatana while good is not a number 2 pitcher maybe mid rotation and maybe with the less expectation less stress and does better but i dont see him getting more than 10 wins. I expect one of the rest to be a surprise but between the 3 of them and peterson maybe 30 wins total. Thats about 55 wins so you would have another 30 wins more to be close to the phillies as they will have full year of bryce and pretty much the same team back.
Also while the bullpen is a bit stronger than last especially with Diaz there, who is your number 2? Diaz cant pitch everyday and for multiple innings. I like ottavino but his overalls in almost every category went the wrong way especially walks and strikeouts. He is also year older so will be hard to see him turn it back to being as dominant as he was the year before. Raley is solid lefty but he faltered many times and same with drew. There is really nothing in the minors to boost them either except joey l so it will be hard to see the mets be anything except a last spot wildcard but i expect just about 75 -80 wins this year with an emphasis on the kids coming up mid season.
If the mets get montgomery i would change my tune a bit as everyone gets pushed back a spot with houser or manea heading to long relief. Snell would help but may hurt just as much as there is not a strong enough bullpen to carry only 5ish innings a start.and his injury history scares me regardless of dollars.
People need to realize that you do not build a World Series team in the offseason, that what some GMs/PBOs don’t get. You build a playoff caliber team in the offseason and a World Series contender at the trade deadline.
The Mets have a lot of talent and some depth. A roster that is good enough to challenge for a playoff spot and a tweak here around the deadline when the smoke starts clearing.
Personally, I’d like the Mets to grab Martinez and Clevinger. Then you can use Manea in a swing role.
Stearns is really smart, he got a lot innings out of Burns and woody in the past but look at their team last season that won 92 games, that isn’t a better roster than the Mets. Brewers made their money with less than stellar pitching but getting them through the line up twice and turning it over to the pen. Brewers had some good relievers but aside from Williams and Hader, they were not dominate. It was giving hitters different looks. Speeds, sides and arm angles. A pen isn’t dominate reliever after dominate reliever. It’s different look after different look
Mets SP is a mess as well as the pen –
Bullpens are about match ups, Stearns is going to give Mendoza all the analytical information he needs to make solid bullpen decisions unlike “old school” Buck Showalter who like to manage “by feel”.
I don’t know what kind of manager Mendoza will be but Stearns has show an ability to get the most from his roster, especially from his pitchers.
We are also still sitting here with several quality free agents left on the market and wonder which team will be advantageous, I wouldn’t be the least bit surprised if that advantageous team is the Mets, how would that rotation look with Senga, Montgomery, Quintana and Clevenger? Mets are not planning to spend but that doesn’t mean they won’t.
fyi Senga and Diaz cant pitch every game. Now Senga is already having arm fatigue issues. He was pitching on extra rest last season so they will probably add more rest since they are aiming for 2025 and not this season.
This rotation IF everything goes right it could be 3rd best in division but realistically i would say they are trying to not be worst if senga misses time or put him on more rest.
Also to do matchups you have to have depth and while they have a ton of arms if you squint the right way you have maybe 3 that are decent outside of Diaz and im still probably highballing it. With the rules each pitcher has to pitch to atleast 3 batters so those matchups will be even harder to setup unless your Zaff Brannigan and just keep sending waves after waves of pitchers til the other team just quits and concedes the game.
What do people think Pete will end up getting for his next contract in terms have years and dollars?
I’ll say 6-180 though that’s likely low on both years and dollars
i was going to go 6/150 because he is not as good as freeman all around and i think freeman will age better as well but if you factor age and add sometime i might say 7/170 so he has the biggest contact as i think freeman is the largest 1b contract currently but not 100% sure on that
Olson’s current contract is larger than Freeman’s, but new 1B Bryce beats both of them (he signed as an OF).
I see Alonso as trying to beat Olson’s 8/168M contract in total years and dollars.
I don’t see him aging like Freeman or Goldy at all. Nor do I think he deserves a contract like Freeman or Goldschmidt. Well he gets it? Probably, but I don’t see his player profile type aging gracefully. Will I be wrong? Possibly, wouldn’t be the first or last time.
$200+/8
@oscar gamble Colorado will cheerfully go to 7/200m.
I hope you are joking, Jack Strawb. Because the Colorado Rockies will have minimal TV money coming in for 2024. MLB will be producing their games.
There is NO WAY any city with a shaky tv deal will be in on Alonso for anything close to 200M.
Be informed. See the bigger picture. Or at least identify that you are joking. Because if that is serious, your comments are just not worth the time it took to type them.
Please stop reading my comments.
If NYM are not in hunt @ deadline, he can be dealt for a bounty. Even in a walk year his bat will have significant demand. And Cohen/Stearns could later resign him.
The risky trade and sign maneuver. I think Cohen can pull it off, but trading away a player usually erodes some of the relationship.
Not for Aroldis Chapman who netted the Yankees Gleyber Torres
I think you’re going to be very disappointed with the “bounty” you receive for a 1 dimensional, 1B only player.
@MrSeptember That’s right—no one who runs a team isn’t aware that Alonso is a 3 win 1B/DH making $20.5m, meaning his surplus value versus what you’d get on the FA market is only around $10m.
And therein lies the problem: Stearns can’t deal Alonso for just an okay prospect at this point. Nor are the Mets going to sign him for 7/200m next offseason. They’re almost endplayed into hanging on to dugout pumper Pete, letting the season unfold, then when Alonso signs with the Angels or Rockies next December claim “we made Pete what we thought was a very fair offer, but it wasn’t enough.”
$10m is the value of a modest prospect, far less than even iffy guys like Mauricio, Vientos, Luisangel Acuna Jr. Also, by the time you get to the deadline the value of Alonso plummets, from 3 wins over 6 months to about 1 win over 2 months. If Cohen was truly smart, he would have had Eppler deal Alonso at the 2023 Deadline and take the heat for it.
You lose a lot of prospect value (modest as it already is in February) by waiting for the deadline. It’ll only be if the Mets are headed for 70 wins and are clearly out of the race that they’ll deal Alonso–and they won’t get all that much, to the outrage of fans who don’t understand how value is created on the field.
Who is Luisangel Acuna Jr? You know the Jr is only for people named after their fathers, and his dad’s name is Ron, right? Like Ronald Acuna Jr?
It’s an inside joke, picky.
Are your periods syncing up today?
Luisangel was named after his mother?
Inside joke with who then?
A bounty. lol
IF he is having a tremendous offensive season, I simply disagree with views that he won’t net a significant prospect return
He’s going to slash around 240/340/550 with 30 HR most likely. Not going to bring back much of a prospect return. He plays a non-premium position in an average way. Look what the Orioles got for Machado under similar control circumstances and Machado was awesome at premium defensive positions.
that would be an absolutely brilliant way to leverage Steve Cohens money – if someone is willing to give up the prospects. Else it’s not worth playing that game
Mets wont get the haul ur thinking they will — Pete will be a 2 month rental – Mets will be out of the race by mid June and Pete will go to the Cubs – Cards – Cleveland – Seattle – Tampa Bay – if these teams are doing well and feel they have a shot
Another Boras client perfectly willing to sign……as long as he’s paid like he’s Barry Bonds at 25.
Bingo
Why should he accept less than his full value?
He shouldn’t. But as Chapman, Bellinger, Snell and Montgomery are finding out, his full value is much less than his agent has led him to believe.
It isn’t the talent nor the teams interest that has kept those 4 looking in from the outside now, but rather Boras’s tactic of waiting until the end to get the best deal. What Boras neglects to factor in his calculation is that most teams don’t like waiting long anymore, and especially those at or near the tax line. Based in the uncertainty of the TV revenue for many teams,there aren’t as many potential landing spots for minster contracts and those Big spenders like the Dodgers and Yankees and even Phillies and Red Sox are already close to being out of the mix for BIG multi-year contracts. NEXT year the Mets clear off Scherzer and Verlander and McCann and God knows who else they have to to open up some room below the highest tax line. Alonso should play like it’s his walk year. If not, he may not be worth 6/180 or whatever Boras will ask for.
@EasternLeagueVeteran: Why wouldn’t he play like it’s his walk year? He didn’t get where he is by doing anything less.
@stymeedone: That all depends on what they seek in the market. It’s not only the agent’s decision.
He mentioned importance of his family liking where they live in the article. Sounds to me that may factor into his decision.
It probably factors into every player’s decision, as it should. That’s the whole point of free agency, being able to choose where you want to work.
As a Mets fan I would welcome Steve Cohen VASTLY overpaying Alonso. He’s the best power hitter the franchise has ever produced. If I were Cohen I would pay whatever it took to make sure Alonso never wore another team’s uniform as long as he’s playing.
Darryl Strawberry was the best power hitter the franchise has produced.
@God’s Other Son thank god that you don’t run the Mets
He’s going to be traded at the deadline for much needed prospects. Mets’ farm system is terrible. I’m sure Cohen is confident he can resign him in the offseason.
I love him. Dont get to watch him much. Hows his defense? But he’s the epitome of middle of the order slugger. He produces every year. WAR is not a huge fan of him but no replacement player can sniff 40 hr 120 rbi. His average scares me because that could mean contact struggles but man can this dude hit bombs when men are on base. He’ll be a 30 year old first basema but he’s worth the gamble in free agency
@Astros2017&22Champs His defense varies year to year from pretty bad to average.
Definitely worse 1Bmen out there, but at 245 lbs his defense won’t age well. Still, he currently catches everything thrown to him. His diving isn’t pretty but he’s quick at it, and makes nice leads to pitchers running to cover 1B. Not great at scooping but hardly the world’s worst. Seems to make a mental error every dozen games.
I shudder to think what he’ll be like in 3 years, though.
Not fully understanding the knock on Pete as a fielder. His defense certainly isn’t flashy, but he’s more than adequate as a 1B. I agree with you that he catches everything thrown to him.
The one thing no one seems to bring up about Pete is his durability; 161 games in 2019,152 in 21,160 in 22,and even the wrist injury last year,154 games. Durability and being in the lineup daily AND producing is a high value commodity in MLB. I’d be happy to see Pete stay on as a Met. I would hope that he has done some off season conditioning to take off 15-20lbs.
I wonder if teams even get a chance to ask premium Boras clients what the “magic” number would be or is even that information potentially too limiting?
With four Boras clients conducting private instead of team workouts, does the Boras rep start to take a hit? Should he be more selective on whom he advises to dog in their heels?
Boras is a tremendous agent. It’s why the fans despise him. Does he fail? Yes. Many players he has gambled with and lost. But he has single handedly crippled teams with player salaries. He’s cutthroat but if your son was a good mlb player you would want him as his agent.
I will always remember Mark Teixera using Boras to get his massive deal with the Yankees and then firing him right afterwards. Very strange
What he did with Bryce Harper was epic, ground-breaking, and opened a door for many young, elite HS players to partially emulate, but none could or has fully.
“It’s why the fans despise”…Scott Boras is a lawyer and lawyers, aka paid liars, were despised long before anyone ever heard of Scott Boras. And the reason they’re despised is because they will say or do anything(Even lie) to win a case. Didn’t Scott Boras lie to the NY Mets(and others)about the health of his client Kumar Rocker’s arm?…Didn’t Scott Boras mis-represent client Carlos Correa as “fully healthy” during his recent free agency?..Boras has also been fired numerous times by clients for shady or underhanded dealings.
@mlb fan: Please provide a link for a specific instance of your accusations.
And do you personally know any attorneys? Are you aware that they are licensed by state bar associations and are legally bound to be truthful?
An attorney can be disbarred for lying in court and other legal proceedings and under oath.
But you apparently believe all lawyers have no integrity. Shame on you for impugning people you know nothing about.
Boras is exceptional for the business of baseball, and horrible for the game of baseball.
Spare us the hyperbole. He’s no worse for the game than any number of other factors.
That’s a mature response. He’s no worse than the worst, so he must not be that bad.
He’s a perfect fit for the guardians and mariners. 2 teams that need a power hitter in the middle of their lineup. Mets need to resign him though
He’s beyond the payroll of both teams you say are perfect fits. I don’t think you know the meaning of the term.
This doesn’t mean anything. He’s absolutely going to FA. It’s a rite of passage for many players these days. I expect the Mets to still sign him though.
I’m guardedly optimistic that Stearns is far too smart to sign Alonso to age gracelessly alongside Lindor, Nimmo, Diaz, and McNeil
I am a little confused by his statement
“I love New York, it’s a really special place for my family”
I grew up in the Bronx but left 40 years ago
My brother lives now in Long Island but awaits the day he can leave
We both agree there is not much to love about NYC
Hah mike! My mother is from brooklyn. Dad from Long Island. Dad hated it. Its a great place for the filthy rich. Thats it. New yorkers retire everywhere but new york!
Mike, as someone who grew up there and moved away 18 years ago, I get you. But there are many people who enjoy the privileges of living in NYC. We work our butts off, but Alonso has plenty of money and four or five months of nothing to do. As someone who lives in a small and mostly boring city now, I like the pace much better but I miss the atmosphere.
@texasguscc: Four or five months of nothing to do? Are you kidding?
Spring training in February through the regular season ending in September is eight months, nine months including the postseason.
That leaves three months, which players at that level spend working out, often at their teams’ training facilities. Some play winter ball in Puerto Rico or the Dominican Republic.
Does that sound to you like doing nothing?
@Captainmike1 It’s clear you’re not rich. If you’re reasonably wealthy there are few better cities to live in. Paris, Moscow, Prague maybe, but nowhere in the U.S better than NYC.
Almost everywhere in the US is vastly superior to NYC, unless you are looking for bad weather, garbage on sidewalks, aggressive homelessness, and military-aged “asylum seekers” everywhere. What a utopia.
You realize NYC expands beyond Manhattan, right?
@Jack MOSCOW?? Are you nuts??? By chance are you a Tucker Carlson fan???
If I had all the money in the world I would not live in NYC
Fly in for pizza and pastrami sandwiches see a museum then get out fast
Thx for the article telling us nothing has happened.
BREAKING NEWS!
Nothing will continue to happen!
BREAKING NEWS!
Nudge nudge wink wink.
We will match any offer
Wasn’t extending him the whole point of not manipulating his service time 5 years ago?
Stearns has a LT vision for that roster and I expect that the polar bear isn’t part of that vision.
In 2025, Rowdy Tellez, NYM.
3 of the NL E stadiums are suppressing his production
“Suppressing his production”…True HR hitters can hit it out in any park. I’ve never known Pete Alonso to have trouble hitting HRs in bigger parks since his blasts are typically moon shots that would go out anywhere.
This is going to take at least 10/400 for this guy.
I’d trade Alonso along with McNeil right now. Get a package of Heston Kjerstad and Grayson Rodriguez from the Orioles and they’re set for the next 5 to 6 years. This opens up room for Jett Williams and Drew Gilbert to get some playing time this year. Alonso is not worth what hes asking for. Hes essesially a slightly better version of Kyle Schwarber. Either extend him for something like 7 years at 130 mil or just get rid of him. I’ve seen every at bat of his since hes been called up. He hits 10 homeruns in a week and then slumps for 3 weeks. In clutch moments he normally just strikes out at bad pitches in the dirt. Hes better than what they have but hes no superstar. Plays every day which is nice but hes just not worth what hes asking for. Matt Olson is almost twice as good as him and he gets paid around 180 mil. In no world should Alonso make more than Matt Olson
The Orioles would not ever make that trade.
Alonso has ONE year with a piss poor batting average, and you call him a glorified Kyle Schwarber? Schwarber hits below the Mendoza line and Pete typically hits .260-.270 with 40-45 homers a year. They are in no way the same player. Not to mention, Phillies have a completely different usage of Schwarber than Mets do with Alonso, not a fair comparison. Schwarber is their leadoff because he either homers, walks (hence his OBP being 150 points higher than his BA), or strikes out. Not their 3 or 4 hole hitter.
Olson also took a huge hometown deal. Anyone should be able to see he’s worth more than that measly $22m a year., but I don’t think that should severely drag down Alonso’s price. Do I think Alonso is worth anything north of or even close to $30m a year? Absolutely not. But that Olson deal needs to be taken with a grain of salt.
@808sAndMetsHeartbreaks You act like Alonso’s 2020 season never happened. He wasn’t good that season. Hes probably a consistent .250 hitter whos good for 40hrs a year. His defense is below average but its not as bad as people say it is. Hes not worth 200 million dollars
1) You can’t seriously be using Covid year. 37% of a season cannot possibly judge someone accurately.
2) His averages in full seasons are .260, .262, .271, and the stinker .217. If you watched “all of his at bats since his debut” you would remember his wrist got injured by the Braves earlier this year following his comments to Bryce Elder, and he stunk for a while after that, clearly playing through something.
3) His 162 game average is 45 homers. and he would’ve had way more than 46 this year had his wrist not been broken by the Braves like I said.
They’re not going to until after the season. End of story.
Can’t believe anyone would pay 8/200 for a home run hitter. Doesn’t field all that well and not a great base runner
When Soto, if focused this season, gets 750M over 15 next winter, will you humbly eat that crow? Are you still not aware that chick dig the long ball—that’s the reason nerd GMs and owners pay for it. That’s the only way they’d get close to those chicks.
I sure hope the Yankees aren’t foolish enough to give that kind of a contract to soto
I’ve consulted the Magic 8 Ball about Pete resigning with the Mets…”Signs point to yes”.
The magic 8 ball has done better on its FA predictions than I have !
He will be fortunate to get $90 mil over 4 years.
Cubs riding stealth on polar bear.
The Marlins/Rays are too cheap/dumb to do it, but THIS is the guy both teams need to make the playoffs.
This story is annoyingly old (not blaming MLBTRs, they just repost what other media is talking about), its time for the media to move on until there is something to report.
Stearns knows that the best comp for 6’3” 245 lb Pete is 6’4” 250 lb Ryan Howard. Following his age 28 season Pete’s WAR is nearly identical to Ryan’s. Howard not only hit many HRs he was also incredibly durable, routinely playing in more than 155 games. Just like Pete. Following his age 29 season Howard’s WAR trended downward, into negative territory. Injuries played a role, to be sure, and I’m not saying Pete’s going into negative WAR territory any time soon. But I don’t think his game – or his body – is built for productivity much beyond his age 33 season. He’s Ryan Howard, not Jim Thome
If he genuinely wants to stay he should think about firing Boras and giving Nola’s guy a call.
Seems increasingly likely to me that a statement is being made by teams.
He needs to walk!!!! Leave them if you EVER wanna win!!!!
Mets should have dealt Alonso and signed Hoskins. Get whatever prospects they could (or MLB talent), and minimized the loss.
Could still deal him during the season or at this deadline, but that’s a huge gamble if his batting average is in the dirt again.
Certainly. I understand not wanting to deal him after a down year.
I would offer 5/125 to 8/160 with declining AAV each year in between. That almost certainly doesn’t get it done, and his power will be almost impossible to replace, but there are other ways to win games. It sucks letting a fan favorite go, but there are better ways to use that money.
It’s beyond apparent to me Stearns doesn’t want this guy. I don’t know what the plan could possibly be, but it for sure does not include Pete. Tough pill to swallow, loved him since his rookie year, but it’s so over.
Only possible way I see him staying a Met is Boras puts an unbelievably high price tag on him that no one takes a bite at, and he gets desperate around this time next year. Other than that, thanks for the memories Alonso.
Mets need Alonso and his power bat. They really should extend him.