The Mets and Pete Alonso are again on the clock.
With Vladimir Guerrero Jr. getting a 14-year, $500 million extension from the Toronto Blue Jays this week, the eye now turns again to Alonso, the Mets’ personal famous person slugging first baseman, who re-signed with the Mets on a two-year deal shortly earlier than spring coaching. Alonso has a $24 million participant possibility for 2026, however Guerrero’s contract may reset the first-base market, making Alonso’s providers value greater than $24 million.
“It’s just huge for first base,” Alonso stated Monday at Citi Area earlier than the Mets opened a sequence towards the Miami Marlins. “I mean, $35 [million per year], I think that breaks the AAV record. Obviously, half a billion dollars is a huge, huge, huge amount. So like for him, it’s a fantastic deal, and it’s great for the first-base market. I think 14 years, he’s just done well, deservedly so…
“And I think right now, you can’t think of the Toronto Blue Jays without Vlad Jr.”
You can also’t consider the Mets with out considering of Pete Alonso. When launched at Citi Area on Friday afternoon, followers gave him a louder ovation than they even gave Juan Soto or Francisco Lindor. Soto may be the brightest star and Lindor is the center and soul of the staff, however followers maintain Alonso in a special respect. The homegrown slugger believed within the Mets when few others did and he gave them a motive to hope again in 2019 when he hit 53 dwelling runs and received the NL Rookie of the 12 months Award.
Mets followers merely have extra historical past with him.
“I think we’ve seen over the years here that when Pete gets going, he could carry a team,” stated president of baseball operations David Stearns. “It’s been fun to see him with some enormous home runs. I think he’s enjoyed it. Hopefully it’s allowed him to take a little bit of a deep breath and he’s kind of earned it. He loves it here. Our fans love watching him, and he’s been a huge part of our win so far this season.”
However Alonso isn’t simply essential to the followers, he supplies essential safety for Soto within the order.
Alonso is making $30 million this season, a file wage for first basemen, and he’s off to a implausible begin, hitting .290 with a 1.066 OPS, three dwelling runs and 11 RBI, tied for the fifth-most in baseball and fourth-most within the NL. If he retains enjoying like this, he’ll be capable of choose out of his contract for subsequent 12 months and get more cash.
Nonetheless, he’s made it clear that he needs to stay with the Mets for so long as he can. And whereas he has not directed his agent, Scott Boras, to inquire about an extension, he’s open to having discussions throughout the season.
“We’re open to it, but really, my focus right now is just doing what I can to help win tonight,” Alonso stated. “Obviously, like, if something happens, or whatever, I’m Scott and Steve [Cohen], or Scott and David will talk about it. But for me, my job is to focus and lock in on the season and win. That’s really all it is.”
Stearns declined to touch upon the specifics of Guerrero’s contract extension because it hadn’t been made official by the league as of Monday afternoon. The Mets reportedly had some curiosity in ready for Guerrero to change into accessible as a free agent in 2026, however they had been unsubstantiated.
The Blue Jays signed the Canadian-born son of Corridor of Famer Vladimir Guerrero in 2015, and he made his MLB debut 4 years later at age 20. Since 2019, Guerrero and Alonso have been among the many finest first basemen in baseball. Alonso’s 17.8 fWAR ranks him because the fifth-best in that point span and Guerrero at No. 6 with 17 fWAR.
They’re each right-handed hitting first basemen who present extra worth with their bats than their gloves. Alonso is 4 years older at 30 and charges higher defensively, however Guerrero has the sting together with his age, so whereas their contracts might not be utterly comparable, they’ll seemingly affect each other.
“He’s obviously a beast,” Alonso stated. “For him to get this contract, it’s super sick, so super happy for him
Much like last year when Alonso was faced with questions about his future, it’s something he’s trying not to think about during the season. But if the Mets want to work out an extension, he’s happy to engage.
“Scott’s phone is always on,” Alonso stated. “But again, right now, I’m not really too concerned with it because for me to be overly concerned with that kind of stuff, I’d be doing a disservice to this team. For me, I just want to be able to go out there, be the best player I can be and win for this organization.”
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