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The New York Mets decided this past offseason not to bring back a longtime servant of the franchise in Pete Alonso, who then decided to sign with the Baltimore Orioles on a five-year, $155 million contract. Instead, the Mets chased infielder Bo Bichette, who was coming off a strong season for the World Series runner-up Toronto Blue Jays, and signed him to a three-year, $126 million deal
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Everyone knows what happened next. The Mets have had a disaster of a 2026 campaign in which they had to sell at the trade deadline, and Bichette, despite an uptick in his performances as of late, hasn’t met expectations in his first season in Queens. Meanwhile, Alonso is having another strong season, as he has 29 home runs and 82 runs batted in on the season while sporting an OPS of .857. Fangraphs has him as a 3.5 WAR player this year
Alonso has been the model of consistency since he made his MLB debut for the Mets in 2019, and there continues to be a ton of confusion as to why New York simply didn’t choose to re-sign him
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“MLB ranks since 2019, games he’s first. Homers, he’s third. RBIs, he’s first. Total bases, he’s third. Barrels, he’s third. How do you not bring that back?” Mark DeRosa said on MLB Network
Perhaps the Mets were wary of the aging curve on Alonso. He’s entering his 30s, and over the years, first basemen whose value on the diamond lied solely on their bat had a tendency of aging poorly. The likes of Albert Pujols, Prince Fielder, Miguel Cabrera and Ryan Howard come to mind
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But Alonso didn’t sign a contract as egregious as any of those aforementioned players. Pujols, Fielder, and Cabrera signed huge contracts that ran for 10, nine, and eight years, respectively, while Howard’s $25 million per year contract was a massive commitment at the time
The Mets have to be missing Alonso, although having the star first baseman around perhaps would not have been enough anyway for New York to avoid putting up a brutal 2026 campaign
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