Before taking off the Mets uniform, the FA declared, "I will help any team if I felt a break-up." Are you determined to leave the Arctic bear in New York?
Nov 22, 2025
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He officially declared the opt-out as soon as he lost 0-4 against the Miami Marlins, the final game of the regular season, on September 29 (Korean time). If the Mets had won at the time, they could have reached the postseason as third place in the NL wild card. The Cincinnati Reds, who had been tied until the previous day, also lost, so it was very regrettable. The Mets, who were behind Cincinnati in their record against the season, ended the season as it was.
As if he had been waiting, Alonso interviewed local media in the locker room immediately after the game and expressed his intention to go to the FA market.
Alonso re-signed with the Mets for two years and $54 million because he did not have a satisfactory performance when he first became an FA last year. Then, a clause was added that could be opt-out a year later. In other words, it was an FA re-entry, and OPS+ rose 18.0% from 122 last year to 144 this season, so it deserved confidence. This year, he received an annual salary of $30 million, and next year's annual salary was $24 million.
He played in all 162 games and recorded a batting average of 0.272 (170 hits in 624 at-bats), 38 homers, 126 RBIs, 87 runs and an OPS of 0.871. The OPS was the highest since 2019 (0.941) when he won the Rookie of the Year award. He was named an All-Star for the fifth time in his career, and also won his first Silver Slugger in the first baseman category.
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Alonso hit 264 home runs since his Major League debut, ranking third after Aaron Judge and Kyle Schwarber in the total home run rankings during the same period. In particular, Alonso played a full season of seven years without any injuries while playing in the big leagues.
It doesn't seem very likely at the moment that he will remain with the Mets. Mets President David Stearns told local media at a Las Vegas general meeting last week that `Pete is certainly a strong player in attack. Regardless of which team he plays, I think he will help the batting line in many ways. Pete is open to such ideas" he said. In other words, he believed that numerous teams would compete for him.
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What's more, Stearns said of Alonso a year ago that `it's hard to invest at the level he wants to invest in him" he once said. The situation has changed a lot a year later, but it is read as meaning that more than $100 million in four to five years is unreasonable.
However, there is also a strong argument that the Mets must hold Alonso.
New York media SNY argued on the 22nd that Corey Seager should be traded from the Texas Rangers, saying that Seager, who has excellent defense, should look at third base because Francisco Lindor is looking at shortstop. Imagine Lindor, Soto, Alonso, and Seager, they are in one batting order. The Big Four, which is comparable to the fearsome Dodgers,' he said.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
