As tales proceed to hyperlink free-agent first baseman Pete Alonso with a return to the New York Mets and a attainable transfer to the New York Yankees following the Mets’ historic signing of All-Star outfielder Juan Soto, Alonso stays accessible amid stories claiming the offseason marketplace for the slugger has to date “been quiet.”
On Thursday, ESPN’s Jeff Passan shared an replace on why no membership has but handed Alonso a contract to his liking.
“His profile frightens groups,” Passan mentioned about Alonso. “A 30-year-old, right-handed-hitting and -throwing first baseman. Groups are hesitant to present him a long-term deal. On the similar time, they see nice worth in including him for the subsequent few years. The Mets might nonetheless convey him again. The Yankees might enter the fray extra aggressively.”
Whereas SNY supervisor of editorial manufacturing Danny Abriano has routinely named the Mets the favorites to win Alonso’s signature, Jimmy Hascup of NJ Advance Media for NJ.com famous that fashionable sports-talk radio host Wealthy Eisen reported on Wednesday that the “Polar Bear” is “not on the Yankee radar display screen” despite the fact that the Bronx Bombers have a necessity at the place.
“They’re not going to signal someone for a number of, long-time years to stay at first base. That’s what I heard,” Eisen added. Eisen later revealed that he had “been informed the Yankees have zero curiosity in Pete Alonso.”
It seems Eisen might have some inside info. For a chunk printed Thursday, Randy Miller of NJ Advance Media for NJ.com reported that “Alonso seems to be a longshot” for the Yankees.
If earlier whispers that advised Alonso needs to remain within the New York space since he is performed just for the Mets since he made his MLB debut in 2019 are correct, he might in the end have to present the Amazins considerably of a low cost within the type of a short-term settlement.
Alonso is a beloved Mets fan-favorite who’s simply 27 house runs shy of changing into the franchise’s all-time chief in that class. The truth that he pressed all through final season has seemingly impacted his potential to land the kind of contract he needed again in March, and he might quickly must determine how for much longer he is keen to gamble that Mets president of baseball operations David Stearns will not go in a unique course.
“Typically, markets simply take time to construct,” Passan mentioned about Alonso’s free-agency journey, “however the danger in ready is that they by no means do.”
