The Mets - Same crap as the last crap

[D. Bergin]

Somebody will offer Alonso a 7-10 year contract, He will take it...and year 5 through 10 (I'm being optimistic here) fans will be upset at the player, for not aging unnaturally, instead of at the owner and the general manager for giving him that contract to begin with.

[mrreality68]

Originally Posted by D. Bergin

Somebody will offer Alonso a 7-10 year contract, He will take it...and year 5 through 10 (I'm being optimistic here) fans will be upset at the player, for not aging unnaturally, instead of at the owner and the general manager for giving him that contract to begin with.

agreed the nature of these contracts we may want to give 4 or 5 years and the teams may want to give 4 or 5 years but the market is paying these top end players 7 to 10 year contracts. And almost none of those contracts will the last few years be pretty and those player will most likely be DH's at that point

[BobbyStrawberry]

What are the most recent comps for 7-10 year contracts for first basemen? Even Freddie Freeman's deal in LA isn't that long. (And we all know he's a far better player than Pete)

[D. Bergin]

Originally Posted by BobbyStrawberry

What are the most recent comps for 7-10 year contracts for first basemen? Even Freddie Freeman's deal in LA isn't that long. (And we all know he's a far better player than Pete)

Freeman was 32 years old, and he got 6 years.

Alonso will turn 29 in December.

[D. Bergin]

Originally Posted by D. Bergin

Freeman was 32 years old, and he got 6 years.

Alonso will turn 29 in December.

As I write that, I see that Alonso is not eligible for Free Agency until after next season. I had assumed based on how everybody was talking he was a free agent after this year. He's arbitration eligible next season.

Might be worth the Mets waiting it out and seeing if he regresses next year or not.

Either he has a career year next year, like Judge did in his arbitration season, and his price goes up immensely, or his batting average and strikeout ratio continues to get worse next year and serves as a gauge of how he's going to age into the future.

[BobbyStrawberry]

I know Pete will be a bit younger than Freddie was when he signed with LA, but Im not sure if I see someone offering him 7-10 years, unless, as you say, he has a monster year in '24. There is real speculation that the Mets might trade him this off-season, which I'm not as opposed to as many (most?) Mets fans, depending what they can get back in terms of prospects...

[mrreality68]

there is a report out by Sports Illustrated Pat Ragazzo that they are discussion extension but they are far apart.
It is reported that Pete wants a 10 year extension