The MLB offseason has become a nightmare for Pete Alonso, who despite starting the winter market among the 10 most sought-after players, is still without a team and at the rate things are going, he may have to wait until the start of spring training.
Not all of his agent Scott Boras‘s gambles pay off, as he usually pushes management until his clients get the best contract. Last season he already suffered some setbacks, but this time he got Juan Soto the most lucrative contract for $765 million and 15 years, with the New York Mets, which even surpassed the record that had been set by Japanese player Shohei Ohtani in 2023 with the Los Angeles Dodgers, for $700 million and 10 years.
It is precisely with the Mets that negotiations for a possible return have stalled and, according to an opinion by the former president of the Miami Marlins on his YouTube channel ‘Nothing Personal with David Samson’, it is Scott Boras’ fault for deliberately delaying the deal.
“Seems like Scott Boras got too much out of Pete Alonso. His natural option has always been to go back to the Mets and for me it was always the Mets, to be better, you have to bring back Alonso. He’s added to Soto, he’s added to the lineup. If Soto just replaces Alonso, you get the incremental difference, but not enough to be better than someone in the National League East,” Samson said.
Pete Alonso and Scott Boras were wrong not to accept an offer
Scott Boras seems to have made a mistake in not accepting for Pete Alonso an offer of $158 million last year, as the market has contracted and the value of the player decreases as there are many first basemen looking for a team.
The Mets have made it clear that they do not want a long-term contract with the first baseman, possibly because they have reassessed his aging curve, so he could consider himself well served if he is offered something at a rate of $30 million per season, in a three-year deal at most.
During the winter market, several teams were mentioned for Pete Alonso, including the New York Yankees, San Francisco Giants, Los Angeles Angels, Arizona Diamondbacks and the Seattle Mariners, but for now, it seems that his best option would be to seek a return to the Mets.
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