{"id":594438,"date":"2026-02-26T17:53:16","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T17:53:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/594438\/"},"modified":"2026-02-26T17:53:16","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T17:53:16","slug":"ny-mets-juan-soto-shares-honest-thoughts-on-pete-alonsos-departure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/594438\/","title":{"rendered":"NY Mets&#8217; Juan Soto shares honest thoughts on Pete Alonso&#8217;s departure"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-testid=\"paragraph\" class=\"mb-[20px] md:mb-[30px] break-word\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bolavip.com\/en\/topic\/juan-soto\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"break-word font-articleLinkText text-articleLinkText hover:text-articleLinkTextHover hover:bg-articleLinkTextHoverBg cursor-pointer border-solid border-b-articleLinkTextHover\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Juan Soto<\/a>, entering the second season of his 15-year, $765 million deal with the New York Mets, spoke about <a href=\"https:\/\/bolavip.com\/en\/topic\/pete-alonso\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"break-word font-articleLinkText text-articleLinkText hover:text-articleLinkTextHover hover:bg-articleLinkTextHoverBg cursor-pointer border-solid border-b-articleLinkTextHover\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Pete Alonso<\/a> leaving the team. Alonso signed a five-year, $155 million contract with the Baltimore Orioles, ending the chance for the two stars to hit in the middle of the Mets\u2019 lineup together.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph\" class=\"mb-[20px] md:mb-[30px] break-word\">Fans had hoped Soto and Alonso would play together for years. The Mets tried to fill the gap by signing hitters like <a href=\"https:\/\/bolavip.com\/en\/topic\/bo-bichette\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"break-word font-articleLinkText text-articleLinkText hover:text-articleLinkTextHover hover:bg-articleLinkTextHoverBg cursor-pointer border-solid border-b-articleLinkTextHover\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Bo Bichette<\/a> and Jorge Polanco but replacing Alonso\u2019s leadership and performance is not easy.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph\" class=\"mb-[20px] md:mb-[30px] break-word\">During MLB Network\u2019s \u201c30 Clubs, 30 Camps\u201d segment on February 25, Soto shared his thoughts. \u201cYou know, Pete was great for the team. He was great in the clubhouse, and outside of the clubhouse, he was a great leader,\u201d Soto said.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph\" class=\"mb-[20px] md:mb-[30px] break-word\">He also added, \u201cBut you\u2019ve got to move on. We are all equal here. Everyone has a voice, everyone feels good and comfortable. Just have fun, bring good energy, and everything will go the right way.\u201d <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/juan-soto-pete-alonso-1920x1080.webp.webp\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" alt=\"Juan Soto #22 with the Mets celebrates his home run with teammate Pete Alonso #20. Jim McIsaac\/Getty Images\" class=\"h-auto\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"text-center mt-5 text-[14px] leading-[20px] font-normal\">Juan Soto #22 with the Mets celebrates his home run with teammate Pete Alonso #20. Jim McIsaac\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>What this means for the Mets in 2026<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"paragraph\" class=\"mb-[20px] md:mb-[30px] break-word\">The performance of Bichette, Polanco, and other offseason signings will be key to replacing Alonso\u2019s impact. A strong start in 2026 will help the <a href=\"https:\/\/bolavip.com\/en\/topic\/new-york-mets\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"break-word font-articleLinkText text-articleLinkText hover:text-articleLinkTextHover hover:bg-articleLinkTextHoverBg cursor-pointer border-solid border-b-articleLinkTextHover\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Mets<\/a>, their fans, and Soto move forward while building chemistry around the new lineup.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"NY Yankees add 12-year veteran outfielder to bolster right-handed hitting\" href=\"https:\/\/bolavip.com\/en\/mlb\/ny-yankees-add-12-year-veteran-outfielder-to-bolster-right-handed-hitting\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" class=\"article-also-read-embed\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aspect-square max-w-[100px] m-[10px] md:m-0\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Randal-Grichuk-yankees-200x200.webp.webp\" alt=\"NY Yankees add 12-year veteran outfielder to bolster right-handed hitting\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"font-secondary my-[13px] uppercase text-alsoReadSeeAlso bg-alsoReadSeeAlsoBackground alsoReadSeeAlso w-fit\">see also<\/p>\n<p class=\"w-full line-clamp-3 md:line-clamp-2 text-alsoReadEmbedTitle font-primary alsoReadLink\">NY Yankees add 12-year veteran outfielder to bolster right-handed hitting<\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"w-full mb-[5px] md:mb-[11px] text-articlePollEmbedTitleMobile md:text-articlePollEmbedTitle font-secondary\">SurveyHow will the Mets handle Pete Alonso leaving for the Orioles?<\/p>\n<p class=\"block md:hidden font-bold mb-[9px] text-articlePollText text-articlePollEmbedTitleMobile md:text-articlePollEmbedTitle font-secondary tracking-normal\">How will the Mets handle Pete Alonso leaving for the Orioles?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Juan Soto, entering the second season of his 15-year, $765 million deal with the New York Mets, spoke&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":594439,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2396],"tags":[5,134,101,4,1690,61,2548,4203,74],"class_list":{"0":"post-594438","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-mets","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-juan-soto","10":"tag-mets","11":"tag-mlb","12":"tag-new-york","13":"tag-new-york-mets","14":"tag-newyork","15":"tag-newyorkmets","16":"tag-pete-alonso"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116138214512984182","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/594438","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=594438"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/594438\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/594439"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=594438"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=594438"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=594438"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}