This time final 12 months, Pete Alonso confronted related questions.
With the potential of free company looming as soon as once more, Alonso was requested throughout this week’s All-Star Recreation media day about his need to stay with the Mets.
“It would be really special to,” Alonso stated in Atlanta. “But again, there’s a lot of things that happen business-wise and a lot of unpredictable things that happen in free agency.”
Alonso, 30, went by a prolonged free company final winter earlier than re-signing with the Mets on a two-year, $54 million contract. The deal pays Alonso $30 million this season and contains an opt-out that might enable him to return to the open market this offseason.
“This time around, like last year, there’s no guarantee, but [I am] happy I stayed,” stated Alonso, whose agent is Scott Boras. “This is a great team. It’s a great group of guys. We’ll see what happens business-wise. Nothing’s guaranteed.”
Alonso is within the midst of a monster season, hitting .280 with 21 house runs, 77 RBI and a .908 OPS within the first half en path to his fifth profession All-Star choice.
The fan-favorite first baseman is on tempo to shatter his numbers from final 12 months, when he hit .240 with 34 house runs, 88 RBI and a .788 OPS.
Now in his seventh MLB season, Alonso is six house runs away from breaking the Mets’ all-time franchise report of 252, which belongs to Darryl Strawberry.
“I’ve got to finish this year off strong,” Alonso stated. “I’ve got to finish this year healthy.”
Mets proprietor Steve Cohen and Alonso agreed to the phrases of his present contract in February. Alonso stated Monday that it wasn’t tough to attend for that course of to play out, notably with a lot of his consideration final offseason going towards repairing his Florida house after Hurricane Helene.
MLB groups have turn out to be reluctant to offer long-term, big-money contracts to slugging first baseman of their 30s, however the right-handed Alonso is placing collectively among the finest seasons of his profession and presents the Mets’ main safety behind the lefty-swinging Juan Soto.
It stays to be seen how the 14-year, $500 million contract extension that Vladimir Guerrero Jr., 26, signed with Toronto in April will reset the primary base market.
“Ultimately, right now, I’m just thinking about what I can do to help my team every single day,” Alonso stated. “The free agency stuff, I’m not really worried about that right now. I’m sure at the end of the year, I’ll have plenty of time to think of that.”
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