The Mets have Pete Alonso, the Polar Bear, under contract for this year and next. This year he is expected to make $30MM, and while he is under contract with an additional $20MM-PLUS for next year, he can opt out at the end of the season.
Let’s put it in perspective. The Mets are paying Juan Soto $765MM for fourteen years as a 26 year old and the Blue Jays are paying $500MM to Guerrero as a 26 year old. Take five years and add it to Guerrero, and you have Alonso’s age as a first baseman. Figure Alonso is good for another five or six years, give him $200MM and rip up next year.
Then, you will have a happy, motivated player. And a Met for life. Like Wright, Hernández, Gooden , Strawberry, Seaver, Piazza and Kranepool.
The 30-year-old has already racked up nine hits in his first 31 at-bats of the season, with three of those hits leaving the yard.
Alonso has been as consistent as any power hitter in baseball in recent years, finishing inside the top thirteen in home runs in every season dating back to 2019. During this series against the Marlins, he will be facing, among others, unproven Marlins starter, Valente Bellozo, who allowed 15 homers in just 13 starts last season.
Alonso has 3 HRs in his last 6 games, and despite the cold weather, he has enough power to go yard in any weather if he gets hold of the ball. Barring injury, he should easily surpass Darryl Strawberry’s long-time Mets Home Run record this year.
He has put "cheeks in the seats" every year since his rookie year, and it is expected he will continue to do the same for at least another five years. And maybe win a World Series or three, to boot.
To Steve Cohen, stop the nonsense and sign him long-term already.
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