Mets may not pay up to keep Pete Alonso! 💰 #shorts
I think Alonzo with a without the qualifying offer and off of the good platform and with teams needing offense the way they do, uh, he’s clearly going to opt out of the 24 million he’s owed in 2026 and he’s going to go into a marketplace that I think is going to treat him better than it was treated last year. I think left to his own devices, David Sterns would not bring this player back again. He believes in the profiles and 31-year-old right-hand thrower, right-hand hitter, non-athlete, bad defender is not what he would get married to long term, especially when he knows the shape of the rest of his team. Does Steve Con step in? Does the fan base screaming matter here? David Sterns was hired to make unemotional decisions. Does Cohen let him make an unemotional decision here? He could point out that Alex Rodriguez left the Mariners as a free agent and the Mariners won 116 games the following year. Bryce Harper left the Nationals after 2018. The Nationals without him won the World Series in 2019. Juan Sto left the Yankees last year and joined the Mets. The Yankees this year, I know they didn’t get to the World Series, but if you watch them play, they they won the same 94 games without Sodto that they won with him. And it’s a point to just point out, you could lose great players in their prime. All those players were better than Pete Alonzo is now.
Joel Sherman’s three things for October 25th, 2025 cover whether the Mets should attempt to re-sign Pete Alonso or letting him walk if the All-Star first baseman’s price is too much for president of baseball operaions David Stearns to be comfortable with.
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3 comments
Opting out would be a mistake first base market is not small this offseason. Theres some international players entering free agency as well. He will be smart to take his 26M than sign for less money long term elsewhere
Alonso is so overrated the dude sucks
Cohen and the fans need to get out of Stearns' way and let him build this out his way.