First baseman Pete Alonso is ticketed for a second consecutive trip through free agency, as he told reporters when the regular season came to a close that he intends to opt out of the final year of his contract and return to the open market. He won’t officially become a free agent until five days after the World Series concludes, but whispers about Alonso’s asking price as he returns to the market have already begun to percolate. According to Mike Puma of the New York Post, Alonso is expected to seek at least a seven-year deal as he returns to free agency.
It’s natural for players to set a high bar for contract negotiations entering free agency, but it would be something of a surprise if Alonso was able to secure that sort of arrangement. A seven-year pact would cover the slugger’s age-31 through -37 seasons, and that’s the sort of rarefied air that’s difficult for a defensively limited slugger to reach in free agency. Dodgers star Freddie Freeman is signed through age-37, but Freeman is an MVP winner and future Hall of Famer. It’s hard to argue Alonso is in that same stratosphere, and few other first basemen have managed to get that sort of long-term security.
Paul Goldschmidt’s extension with the Cardinals back in 2019 was for just five years and $130MM, ending after his age-36 campaign, and Matt Olson’s eight-year, $168MM contract extension with Atlanta is guaranteed only through his age-35 season. Both Goldschmidt and Olson were also Gold Glove winners for their work at first base when they signed those deals, while Alonso is viewed both by defensive metrics and many scouts as one of the game’s weaker first basemen defensively. While Puma points to Marcus Semien and Matt Chapman as fellow Boras clients who managed to land contracts in a similar range to what Alonso is expected to seek, it also must be noted that Chapman actually signed a six-year extension with the Giants after he had already been in the fold on a short-term deal similar to the one Alonso will be opting out of.
More importantly, Semien was a shortstop when he signed with the Rangers, and Chapman is a multi-time Gold Glove winner at third base. When it comes to financial expectations for infielders higher on the defensive spectrum, the bar is simply much different than it is for first basemen. That’s part of why players like Alex Bregman and Carlos Correa who have found themselves taking similar short-term contracts with high average annual values in free agency to the one Alonso signed last winter have been able to secure a higher AAV than Alonso did on a two-year pact. The same principle extends to larger deals, and helps to explain why someone like Xander Bogaerts managed to land a contract that will pay him through his age-40 campaign despite much less robust offensive numbers than someone like Alonso can offer.
Even if Alonso is unable to land the seven-year guarantee he appears to covet, it should still be expected that he’ll make out far better in free agency this time around than he did last season. After all, he’s no longer encumbered by draft pick compensation after rejecting a Qualifying Offer from the Mets last winter. That means a team that signs him away from Queens won’t have to forfeit draft capital in order to bring him into the fold, and that reality is likely to help his market a great deal. In addition, Alonso enjoyed a much stronger platform season this year than he did in 2024. This season, Alonso appeared in 162 games for the second consecutive season and slashed .277/.347/.524 with a wRC+ of 141, which tied his 2022 campaign for the second-best mark of his career.
Alonso famously rejected a seven-year, $158MM extension offer from the Mets back in 2023. That deal would have covered the last year of his arbitration eligibility, for which he ultimately received $20.5MM. In other words, he’ll need to make more than $137.5MM between 2025 and 2030 in order to surpass that benchmark. He made $30MM this year, meaning he’ll need to beat $107.5MM over the next five seasons if he’s going to exceed the value of that extension he passed on. It seems very safe to bet on him to do just that at this point.
Goldschmidt’s extension with the Cardinals, which covered his age-32 to -36 seasons, netted him $130MM over five years. While Goldschmidt’s 145 career wRC+ at the time of that deal was far stronger than Alonso’s career 132 wRC+ entering this offseason, Alonso will be entering his age-31 season when his next contract begins and will benefit from more than half a decade of inflation since St. Louis inked that deal just before the 2019 season began. Considering that he wouldn’t even need to match Goldschmidt’s guarantee in order to beat that 2023 extension offer, it seems safe to say that Alonso will come out ahead in free agency this year so long as he doesn’t have to settle for another short-term agreement.
nobody wanted him last yr lol
nobody
not a single tm was interested in giving him a 1 yr deal
mets took him back like a battered bruised ex lover
and now he gonna cash in like a rock star
good for him
He will make money…probably not as much as he thinks he will, though.
He tells Cohen that he saw what money Soto got. He is not going to take small money from the Mets.
@rob – he’s also not Soto and older.
He will seek but not find seven years. Maybe five.
He’s going to be the last big free agent to sign again if he wants 7 years. Only team likely dumb enough to sign him for 7 years is the angels. They love signing DHs for way too long.
He would be better off in my opinion taking a shorter way higher AAV deal early picking his spot so he doesn’t get squeezed.
I don’t think he gets 5 either. Some team like the Yankees may overpay but not for more than 3 years.
Rice will be the Yankees 1B next year for about $29MM less than Alonso, unless they decide to go with Rice at catcher, which is less likely, I think.
Alonso’s is a mediocre !B, and his best position is DH, so No Body is going to give him a seven-year deal.
Rice is also just adequate at 1B right now, but he has the advantage of youth going for him, so he may grow into a solid 1B. So, the idea of paying another mediocre 1B $29MM More to play 1B is absurd.
Also, Alonso bats right handed, whereas Rice is a lefty, which is preferable in Yankee Stadium.
I doubt Alonso does better than 3 years, plus a mutual or team option.
Yes but he was coming off two down seasons and a downward trend line and he dramatically improved last season. Plus he had a draft pick against him last off season. He’ll have more suitors this time around for sure but a long term deal seems unlikely. He will get maybe four at best.
At-game6-86
Yes but he was coming off two down seasons and a downward trend line and he dramatically improved last season.
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That’s my problem. I don’t think it was that big a season. His K/W was the worst of his career, his fielding declined, I think he’s settled into a 3.1 bWAR player. Which is fine, but he also has maybe one more peak year before he declines.
141 wRC+. 144 OPS+. 8th or 9th best offensive season in MLB. It was that big of a season He was a 3.4 bWAR player or about 33% better overall than average MLB player with 500 or more PA.
There are studies & a whole Wikipedia entry on the contract year phenomenon. Which is particularly an issue in MLB. Heavier, older, “professional hitter” types do not age well. It’ll be a high risk, low reward contract at best.
Plus he’s a head case. The Mets barely even wanted him back.
yetipro: You’re a high-risk, low-reward head case.
Nobody was going to sign him for the cash he wanted + a draft pick. He was seeking too much in a long term deal for teams to be interested. And in addition to that, nobody wants to pay $25M on a one year deal that costs then a pick either. So that killed the short term possibility with basically anyone other than the Mets.
Without the cost of a pick involved this off-season, he will fare better on the market. But it will be a bit of a surprise if he get any more than a 5-year deal averaging right around 25-30M per year.
I don’t think he gets 5 years and 20 to 25 million seems more likely. If you have a chance to sign Schwarber or Alonso, who do you sign? Schwarber is probably gonna get 40 million plus a season but for how long?
The qualifying offer was a big detriment to teams considering him. That pick is valuable as well, and limited interest he would have otherwise had.
But as you said, he should do good in the market now the qo is gone, and he had an excellent prove it season. His defense might not be great, but having the ability to pencil him in 162 times a season is big.
He has NY Yankees written all over him. Replace Goldy.
He can seek whatever he wants but what he’ll get is probably way different.
It would be hilarious if the Yankees signed him and he helped them go father than the Mets next postseason.
New York sports media would be extremely entertaining.
New York sports media have been defanged. Social media and forums such as MLBTR now drive the discussion.
And yes, it was early forms of social media that came up with LOLmets following the ballclub’s 2007 collapse.
The Yankees are going nowhere! I am surprised they won as many games as they did. They can raise payroll and it will wont work out.
Thank you Nostradamus
ChuckyNJ: Actually it’s just you obsessed with LOLMets and bringing it up ad nauseam instead of getting a life.
Judge, Stanton, Alonso..YIKES!
@Ig
Replace Stanton, how? He had two years left in his deal and a no-trade clause. He’s not going anywhere, and the Yanks have options at 1b already.
Look up LOLmets on the Urban Dictionary if you think I’m trolling.
You’re trolling regardless of what any source says.
Sorry Knicks, I meant Polar Bear could play 1st and replace Goldschmidt. Judge, Alonso, Big G would be a new Murderer’s Row of sorts
Yankees do not need a high k , average or below fielder. A player like Naylor better fit
No thank you
Mariners already have a contract with Naylor zipped up I’m sure. The match is just too perfect. Announced 5 days after World Series.
Ignorant: Why would Naylor agree to anything this close to free agency? He can test the market and still stay in Seattle if he so chooses after seeing what happens in the open market.
I was tongue in cheeking and being uber-confident and just plain positive thinking it into existence because I think he’s a perfect fit and I know he really digs Seattle. Please excuse Baron…I know what you mean and agree totally.
It would actually be smarter if they keep Rice at First base and try to resign Bellinger, but they’re the Yankees so they probably do sign Alonso and let Bellinger go. Maybe Jazz moves to CF next season.
Give him around 5/110, *backloaded* with an opt-out following the second or third year.
Yeah maybe for the Sox if they give up on Casas. Cora said he wants some legitimate power.
He is absolutely insane to think he is getting seven years.
I fully predict the Red Sox to make a hard run at him. 150 plus RBI guy in that lineup and a higher batting average with the Monster becoming his new best friend.
The more I think about it, the more perfect it sounds. Such a steady presence at 1st Base…someone you can count on for a certain, substantial basis of power every year. It just seems Red Sox have lacked that kind of guy of late. But then…poor Casas who was meant to be that guy, and still could be that guy.
Maybe Casas needs a change of scenery and might flourish with a different team. Look how Andrew Vaughn blossomed with the Brewers after leaving the White Sox.
I like the idea. With a little luck, he’ll be great for 3 seasons and then opt out.
You’re crazy if you think no one wanted him on a 1 year deal. Rather, he probable declined any 1 year deals. Why would he take that when it was mentored that a couple of teams made short-term offers with opt outs? Think about it.
Which teams give up a valuable pick while paying the full ~$25M for one year of service?
Teams don’t even generally trade picks of such value at the trade deadline for a rental. Same goes for one-year rentals in the off-season. Think about it.
I agree he won’t get 7 but to be clear every team that didn’t want him last year was wrong. In any case lots of teams wanted him just not at his price.
No one wanted to give up a third round pick to the Mets in addition to paying Alonso.
tuck, you cannot say that every team that didn’t want him was wrong. He wanted a long-term deal. So far, he’s only performed for one of those multi- years. hey did not sign him to a short term deal because they did not want to forfeit a draft pick for only a year or two of service. That was the advantage the Mets had over other teams. Now the draft pick is no longer an issue. Let’s see how this plays out.
As the article said, no QO hanging over him this year and he had a better season. I’m sure there will be interest at some level.
LoL. 7 years. Good luck. I’m thinking 4/100. He’s not leaving New York. However, are the rumors true? Soto at 1B? That’s very interesting. I still think Mets probably steal Bellinger or go in for Tucker. Honestly, it’s all about the pitching. Who is this year’s Crochet? Especially if Mets refuse to go in for Skenes.
Posturing for negotiations. If you want 5 years, start by asking for 7
5/140 seems like a fit to me.
Give him the 7 – make it 7/140 if that is what he wants to stroke his ego.
No one is giving him that.
This reeks of Anaheim Angels.
I agree. Four years for $100 million or five years for $110 million, to one of the New York teams.
My prediction is a Goldschmidt type deal. 5 years, $120-130 million.
Nah Dodgers 150 million over 3 seasons (deffered for 10 years). They sign him to play 3B or move Freeman to 3B.
The Mets are not getting Skenes. Once he is a free agent , he will make Cohen bid to the moon. Soto is not moving to first. Mets and Yankees are gonig nowhere. The Mets are an April/May team. They die in the summer.
robw5555: You should seriously consider keeping your mouth shut so the rest of us just think you’re an ignorant troll instead of posting and confirming it with every dumb comment.
Mets had the best record in the majors on 6/12 yet missed the postseason on a tie-breaker.
Rob knows what he’s talking about.
And what about the Yankees? Maybe you and he are the same person.
And the Tigers epic collapse and the Astros – injuries dominate outcomes these days.
Look at Jays – last place tons of injuries, last place and all the geniuses said they missed their window, they should break up the roster and start over.
This year Os and Astros killed by injuries and Mets pitching was wiped out in the second half.
Point is franchise don’t lose – teams do.
How can you refuse to go in for a player that will not be made available? Come on dude, this isn’t MLB the show
You’re just figuring out that robw5555 is nothing but a troll who doesn’t actually think but just says dumb things about any team mentioned?
Trolls are like bullies. If you stand up to them by speaking sense, they just slink away and go back under their rocks.
A horse is like a man. Like when a horse walk, is like a when a man walk. And they say when a horse run, it’s like when a man run. And when a horse, he jump, it’s like when a man jump.
And how does this relate to Pete Alonso?
This years crochet might be skubal or maybe hunter Greene or Mackenzie gore but all of those names are unlikely
Mets and skubal would be fun but I feel like he’s destined for the dodgers or Phillies if they don’t sign schwarber and/or Kyle Tucker
I think Detroit runs it back one more year with Skubal. Depending how the season goes theres a slim chance (say 5%) he’s available at the deadline for a king’s ransom. But id be shocked if they moved him with 2 full years control left coming off a playoff run.
What do you mean… “if the Mets refuse to go in for Skenes.” They will literally give the Pirates whatever five players they want for Skenes. The issue is that the Pirates probably aren’t putting Skenes on the market.
Soto is an OF. Not a good one but still an OF. He would probably be worse at 1B.
There is NO way the Polar Bear signs a seven year deal. Present day analytics point out the regression of tools after early 30’s. The days of paying guys on initial contracts into their late 30’s are over.
I think you’re going to be very disappointed with the contract lengths of Alonso, Bellinger, Bregman, and Tucker.
Yeah I think they all get big money but only Tucker gets more than 5 years. Now Schwarber probably gets a 7 year deal which despite his video game numbers, is crazy as he can basically just DH at this point.
Teams are starting to pay less attention to analytics.
What teams? The Rockies and the Angels?
No it isn’t, and you’ll see a number of contracts this winter that will pay guys into their late 30’s.
I’d give him 7/125M lol but doubt he takes an AAV that low.
@Jason
why would he take an average of $18 mil when he just peed out of a deal for $25 mil +?
my guess is he finds someone offering 4/$100 or 5/$140
There’s a very real consideration on how he feels his body trends. A person knows how they feel, and, how much they see themselves going downhill.
The opt out this year was not because 25m/per was unpalatable, but because it was only 1 more year and he has concerns of a lesser contract as he gets yet another year older.
How much he thinks his age 35, 36, 37 seasons should be worth are where the total value of the next deal comes in.
If he signed for 4/100, his next deal after that may be worth only a couple million if the regression kicks into high gear.
Sometimes length has its own value
Crazy that Pete Alonso will be signing a deal just like last year’s right before spring training
2024 was his worst year this year he got his batting average up and hit like the 2021-2022 version we know
Good luck with that puff bear
I was thinking Care Bear
Slugs a lot Bear?
Nope, not 7 years, although I imagine he will get 5.
4/100mil with opt out after year 2 for motivation. Righty 1B/DH clubs can happily settle for less power at much lower price. FO’s well aware walk years are peak motivation as far as this past season.
Cws: that sounds completely fair for team and player. Which is why Boras / Alonso will reject it.
Alonso’s probably going to sign with a team that needs a DH. His defense is not going to get better and he’s a liability at 1B. Maybe a team that has some time available at 1B as they slowly start using him at DH. The guy can definitely hit the ball though. Maybe 5/125.
But maybe he thinks he is a good enough fielder and takes pride in playing defense. Also some batters can’t handle being a full time DH for some reason.
And I am seeking a Victoria Secret model as my next wife. But not gonna happen!!
It could happen. You got game.
I think it’s far more likely you find what you’re seeking than Pete finds what he wants, but I wish you both luck in your quests.
I’m seeking a date with Sydney Sweeney and for Vince Vaughn to buy me lunch
Two things that aren’t of equal value. I’d rather never see Vince Vaughn, in fact I’d buy his lunch to not interact with him. That’s like saying “I’m seeking a fully paid mansion on 100 acres of forestland and a day old Taco Bell bean burrito someone farted on”
I don’t know, depends on the quality of the lunch. I’d pass on Vaughn buying my McDonald’s, but, if we’re at Ruth’s Chris and theres no limit id have a lunch with the guy.
Good Luck it’s not happening
Alonso has zero leverage, especially if he’s not willing to leave New York. That’s why he signed late last year. I honestly think he could be very dangerous in Boston
MLBnyy: he’s willing to leave New York for the right price
He might not leave NY but change leagues.
What makes you think he’s unwilling to leave NY?
Welcome to the Colorado Rockies
I wish. He would at least be entertaining to watch. Excluding the 2020 season, the guy AVERAGES over 40 homers per year. I would love to have that in the lineup every day.
The Rockies? Forget it.
The Rockies and Rangers, each make a lot of sense.
He will sign somewhere else while the Rockies are trying to select and sign a new GM.
Would definitely be interesting seeing him at Coors Field for 81 games a year.
A home run a game at Coors then another 10-15 on the road, that would be awesome and the Rockies would still end up in last place.
good luck with that…..sheesh
He could get 7 years at a reduced aav.
Someone would prob pay him 7/140 or so.
He isn’t getting 7/210 or something that big.
This has all the makings of a boras guy who sits waiting for a contract late into spring training.
Simm – I am catching up and typed in 7/140 above before I had made it down to you. No, he won’t take that AAV but his ability to get those later years with anticipated regression will be hard. For guys wanting to play into age 40, tacking on some years might be a way to guarantee hanging around – Hosmer got to play an extra year or so and a few other guys just because they were getting paid anyway (until they are finally told it’s better just to stay home!)
What a horrible deal that would be for some team if he gets it.
In the words of Darryl Kerrigan: Tell him he’s dreaming!
Positional problems are a real factor for many teams. He’s not in the “not playable” category yet, but at some point he’s going to be a mostly DH and that diminishes his value substantially. Part of the math comes from figuring out when “unplayable” happens, because then you have to pay for a first baseman on top of his monster contract. Boras wants both years and a high AAV.. And, Alonso made $30.5M this year, and Boras will insist on no cut in salary. I can see an ask of 7 years, $35M, which will be beyond his value.
Boras is in control now. He knows how to play Cohen. He hosed him on Soto.
Rob
In what universe did Cohen get hosed on Soto? Soto’s 2025 average was slightly lower than expected and he had way more SBs than expected on 2025. I would not have made that signing if I was the Mets, but they got exactly what they expected in Soto so there is no way you could say that they got hosed.
Pete just needs to learn to pitch like Ohtani. Problem solved!
Lol…haha…lmao….LMFAO.
Dream on. Put the crackpipe down pete !
Meh 7 at 150 maybe but 4 at 100 is more realistic
4 at 100? Boras hangs up the phone on that.
Ding ding. Round 1.
Hope it’s a good contest with plenty of verbal jabs being thrown.
Fire up, Steve !
If this is accurate, he seems to be getting bad contract advice. If he didnt get it last year, why would he get it this year?
I agree that he is getting bad contract advice and will not get 7. But your question is woefully short-sighted. He had a much better year than last year, and also does not have the QO attached to him anymore. He will get more than last year. even if it is not 7 years.
The fundamental problem for Alonso is that there aren’t many teams that can spend that way, and almost all of them have 1B/DH covered.
The Mets have Vientos and Soto. Yeah they could try to move them to defensive positions they’re worse at for Alonso, but they *need* improvement defensively more than anything.
The Yankees have Rice at 1B and Giancarlo at DH. Rice arguably is better now and is much younger.
The Red Sox have Casas but I guess could put Alonso at DH
The Dodgers have Freeman at 1B and Ohtani at DHm Not a fit.
The Rangers were big spenders but now that they lost their cable deal they’re suddenly worried about money and probably won’t be doling out that kind of contract.
Maybe the Cubs, Giants, or Angels will step up? They occasionally offer those kind of deals. The Giants also have Devers at 1B.
Good analysis! Best comment in this post.
Cubs have Michael Busch and Seiya Suzuki. They won’t be in the polar bear market.
You can never rule the Angels out from doing something stupid.
Col
Vientos had not proven himself to justify being a roadblock to Alonso. Soto will be able to play corner outfield for 4-5 more years before shifting to DH. I see no reason why both New Uork teams won’t consider Alonso. And yes, I could also see the Angels making a play.
Ben Rice, 26 HR, 133 wRC+, minimum pay is a pretty good reason.
Rice is a huge factor I agree. Stanton’s health is a factor.
Suppose Alonso plays 140 games at 1B and suppose
Stanton plays 89 games at DH. Rice could play 22 at 1B, 72 at DH, and 40 at catcher behinds Wells.
I still think Alonso is most likely to return to Mets, but I do see the Yankees also as a reasonable possibility.
I honestly don’t see a fit with the Yankees. Homeruns and runs scored weren’t the problem this year. Judge is 34 next season and will need to transition to 1B eventually. Re-signing Bellinger for OF/1B should be their priority if the price is right.
Judge will play OF longer than Giancarlo will be a DH.
I do agree that Bellinger fits a need better.
As long as he stays out of CF.
Even the Angels have a backlog at 1B/DH with Schanuel, Trout, and (for now) Soler.
Yes the Angels are extremely stupid, but even they wouldn’t sign someone that could block Trout from assuming the role of being the long term DH,
The Cubs would be more likely to spend on Bregman or Suarez, or on starting pitching. Busch has been fantastic and they have prospects ready to get a chance at DH in Caissie and Ballesteros.
Depends on the AAV over 7 years. Plenty of other teams could afford that if it comes down closer to the QO value.
Devers can play third. Then Pete can play first. Chapman moves to short. Terrible defense but high powered offense.
In addition to Devers, the Giants have one of the best prospects in baseball in Bryce Eldridge who they just called up and who is limited to 1B/DH. The chances of them pursuing Alonso are less than 0. The Cubs and Angels aren’t fits either given their clogged DH/1B situations.
But they could trade Eldridge or Chapman in order to find a place for Alonso. I know it’s stupid but it could happen.
Yeah and the Dodgers could trade Freeman to make room for Alonso and the Cubs could trade Busch to make room for Alonso and the Jays could trade Springer to make room for Alonso but none of those things are going to happen.
Nah Dodgers would not trade Freeman but they could move him to a different position like third or LF. Which does not make sense but Betts at SS doesn’t either. And just cause the Dodgers don’t need a player doesn’t mean they won’t sign a guy to keep him away from another team or if he is an improvement over what they have.
The Dodgers don’t have a spot for him. If he can pitch middle relief that would be cool. Pinch hit pitcher in the 6th.
Soto won’t be moved to 1B. Vientos put up a negative WAR and lost his starting job altogether. They will very much be in the bidding for Alonso.
Boone has said that he expects Rice will take “his share of starts behind the plate”. Doesn’t sound like he is their full-time 1B. More like their #2 catcher. With only Wells and Escarra on the 40-man it makes a lot of sense to give close to half the starts at catcher to Rice and sign or trade for a 1B.
Cora has already said that they are not sure the path they will take at 1B. Not exactly a ringing endorsement of Casas. They are looking and if they don’t sign Bregman, 1B will be an even bigger emphasis.
The Dodgers were never in the conversation for Alonso. Not sure why you would add them.
Bochy retired from the Rangers because of financial uncertainty. Not a fit.
The Padres, Mariners, Tigers, and Giants all will be looking for a 1B.
Because some people can’t figure out the Dodgers spend money on needs. We needed relief help after the world series run so we signed what at the time were the two best available relief arms.
Dodgers aren’t going to sign a DH because we can get a good deal. Unless we can trade that player for more pitching or prospects lol.
The Dodgers already signed the most expensive DH in history. No spot available for another one. Freeman at 1B for at least 2 seasons.
Is he willing to leave New York this time around? Every team knew last winter he only wanted to play for the Mets and it severely hampered any leverage he had.
With Guerrero staying in Toronto that took out one team that may have been interested. The Mets of course will be in the discussion. The Yankees may lose almost 80 Home Runs from their lineup and may also get in the mix. If Bregman opts out in Boston i could see the Red Sox at least kick the tires. You can’t rule out the Phillies but after them who’s left? Dodgers are out, Angels should probably be too. Cubs? Orioles? Mariners? Padres?
The first week or so of the season the Yankees hit a ton of homers with the Torpedo bats and I heard they were easy to win the World Series. What happened there?
Wow I forgot all about the torpedo bat craze
The first week of the season most people were favoring the Dodgers not the Yankees. The Yankees were a good not great team that had a good not great season.
He still should’ve taken that extension! He’s not worth more than $25 mil AAV and no one’s giving him more than 3 years.
Someone will give him more than three years.
I think there would be a few teams that’d happily sign him for four years, with maybe some going five- being the trendy thing is to add that extra year to bring down the AAV. But, I’d be stunned if anyone exceeded five years on the offer.
He’ll end up beating the initial extension offer.
Goodluck
A 7 year deal lmao. He’s lucky to get the 3 year deal he’ll end up with
Three year? Thats comedy. He is gong to screw the Mets over. He wont take small money.
Mets don’t want him back. They will move on
7 yrs? LOL
7 years – lol. Come on Pete
Zero chance at 7. Sucks to be a power hitting corner infielder who will probably move to DH before it’s all said and done. I do like the player a lot. I’d be surprised if he gets 100. Unless he is willing to go somewhere he does not want to be.
5/150 and have a nice day.
Much as I would love to have that bat in Baltimore, I don’t think that happens. I can see him getting a 4 yr deal with maybe a team/player option for a fifth year. He’s definitely going to get paid, maybe just not for the length he wants. And good for him when he does get paid, Dude plays damn near every game hes been in the league, I for one cannot tell you how great an ability, “availability” is nowadays.
This would mean giving up on Mayo – not sure Os will do that
You’re right about that. Personally I’m a coin flip on whether Mayo makes the most of his talent and opportunity. Not that he currently has a ton of trade value, but if trading him did help bring in another top of rotation arm and allow you to grab someone like Alonso, I’m all for it. That scenario is very far fetched though for numerous reasons. Mayo started to show some life at the very tail end of the season, though it was with a ridiculous .386 BAbip. I want to hope he can turn the corner, but I also can’t trust Elias to make other winning moves to allow him the opportunity after last off season.
pass.
Hitting is back at a premium and that’s why he can ask for the moon. Turner won the NL: batting title with .304, Bichette finished second AL with .311…
Any lineup is better with him in it and there’s more $$ than ever sloshing around. He’ll fall short only if he gets too many option years. Pro hitters are harder and harder to find. Pitcher’s league now.
Hope the Mets do this!!!!!(Braves fan)
Can’t see him getting 7 years, but, who knows?
Yea, pass.
I still think he works out really well in Baltimore. The need for a legit RH power bat is there, offensive improvement above Mountcastle (likely a non tender candidate) and he can cycle between 1B and DH, with Basallo getting reps at first when he is the DH. The RH power makes too much sense in the left heavy lineup.
The only way it’s a 7 year deal is front loaded with opt outs after years 2 and 3 or something like that, so that there is enough incentive for him to opt out if still performing well enough to justify a higher AVV and also offers the club some what of an easier contract to digest with lower annual salary towards the end if his production drops drastically.
Chris Davis 2.0
Arte Moreno ready to pay, what could go wrong
I will use this post to thank all parks and stadiums that their fans do NOT participate in waving towels. Thank you for your consideration.
Carry on.
He had a nice year – terrible first baseman – needs to be a DH – right handed hitting DHs dont get 7 years. He should have taken the deal Cohen offered at the end of last year.
Cohen didn’t make him an offer at the end of 2024. The extension offer was made in June of 2023. He will get 5 years and at least $135 million which will means that with the $50.5 million he made in 2024-2025, he will earn at least $27.5 million more than what the extension the Mets offered him would have paid.
The Angels will gladly overpay him, but they’ll still lose 90 games.
IS Freeman a future HOF ‘r?
What about Goldschmidt?
Hoof
Freeman punched his ticket to baseball HOF with 2024 WS MVP and home run off Nestor Cortes. I think Freddie will stick around four more years and get to 3000 hits. But if he quits this year, Freddie is still in. I think that Votto and Goldie also make it, but those two are more borderline.
A single HR off a mediocre starter doesn’t seal a HOF induction.
If Freeman retired today he is probably in. His career WAR and WAR/162 are right there with the average inductee. His 7 year peak is a little low, but close enough to that average to get him in. When he retires at the end of the 2027 season I don’t think there is much doubt that he gets in on the body of work he has produced over what will be 18 seasons.
That’s a lot of years for a DH. If he wants 7 years that average per year is going g to be low. It’s bad enough he can barely play the field, now pay him to be Dave Kingman?
As valuable as Pete’s bat is, his defense is just putrid and his throwing errors murdered Kodai Senga and the same almost happened to Nolan McLean. Stearns has been pretty vocal about fixing the defense this winter and honestly, as “irreplaceable” as Pete’s bat can be at times for the Mets, I think I’d rather see them get Bregman for 3B and Naylor for 1B.
Maybe by some stroke of luck Pete falls back into our hands after everyone passes up on him (…again..), but I’d really wish he’d agree to DH. We’re entering year 5 of the universal DH and the Mets have had a revolving door of garbage platoon bats who haven’t done anything. If Pete could take one for the team and just be our 24/7 DH while someone like Naylor plays first with a brain, I would be ecstatic.
Pete’s going to get 4 yrs/$120M. Whether it’s from the Mets or another team is TBD.
4 years/$120M maybe 5 years/$140M but no way he gets 7 years, even at a massive discount AAV.
That he will get at least as much AAV in his next deal as he got in the 2 year deal he just opted out of is a given. Almost every sportswriter and TV and radio reporter that has spoken about him has said he will get 5 years. 5/135 or more was where pretty much everyone said he would end up. Possibly as high as 5/150 if the Yankees, Red Sox, and Mets are all in the bidding as expected.
7 years? I don’t think so. If he doesn’t budge from that stance he will end up right back where he was at the beginning of this season.
I would be ok with it if the Red Sox traded Yoshida and another outfielder.Alonzo could play first base when Casas(First Baseman choice) sits.Otherwise no.I do not want him as a full time first baseman.I wan’t a good fielder(who can hit).The defense is needed.Funny though,how many of the errors Devers had were because of a lousy defensive first baseman.
I can see him going to the Yankees
7 years $7M at Syracuse NBT!
Mets DH Insurance Policy!
I love Pete but he gets no offers for over 4 years from any team. Boras is old and crazy at this point. 4 years 132 million with an option for a 5th at 35 is his best chance. Mets go after this Japanese kid and if he’s a miss they have The kid in triple A that mashes and can play outfield. It’s better to miss on a young talent that can be traded than stuck with Anthony Rendon..
I would love the Mets to resign Pete, but not at 7 years. Don’t think he will get more than 4 guaranteed years. Maybe club or mutual option for a fifth year. Don’t think he will reach 30 million aav either.
Quite frankly, Pete defense has worsened. He ruined Senga (with his high throw) for the second half.
Huh, I’ve been wrong about these things before but I just can’t see more than 4/100. Then again I only pegged Soto for like 12/500, so missed that by a bit.