Pete Alonso is left unsigned because the calendar approaches February, and followers are getting antsy concerning the prospect of the Polar Bear taking part in elsewhere come April.
Whereas studying fan emails on his Mets podcast, named after ex-Met Rico Brogna, WFAN host Evan Roberts mentioned a principle that Mets middle fielder Brandon Nimmo is the explanation that Alonso employed Scott Boras, thus setting in movement the occasions which have Alonso showing to have one foot out the door as spring coaching nears.
The fan behind the e-mail speculated that Alonso, 30, employed Boras on the grounds that he helped facilitate an eight-year, $162 million contract extension with the Mets for his shut good friend Nimmo.
Alonso, who is identical age as Nimmo when he acquired an extension in 2022, employed Boras in October 2023 after rejecting a seven-year, $158 million extension together with his earlier illustration, which seems to be a pricey mistake.
“He’s actually really, really right,” Roberts mentioned of the idea. “Pete Alonso is obtainable a contract, a contract that wanting again on that he ought to have taken — seven years, $158 million. He turns it down, Pete’s choice. Pete Alonso now fires his longtime agent. An company that has been with him … since he was a rookie, earlier than he was the confirmed Pete Alonso, and he hires Scott Boras. Let’s use our noodle. Why did that occur?
“It occurred as a result of Pete Alonso has mates — Brandon Nimmo — who’re represented by Scott Boras, who inform him or perhaps inform his spouse, ‘Hey, you should hire Boras. He’s actually good. He simply obtained me an eight-year contract.’ And Pete Alonso says, ‘You’re proper, I ought to.’ So (the fan)’s story is definitely a very good one and it’s true as a result of mates impression mates. It’s what it’s. So in the event you attempt to get into the psychology of why Pete Alonso would fireplace his longtime agent and go to Scott Boras, he’s not splitting the atom right here. It makes a number of sense and it’s really true that Brandon Nimmo would have form of affect over that “
This principle is an attention-grabbing one given the timing, as Mets followers and teammates clamor for Alonso’s return.
The Submit’s Jon Heyman reported Tuesday that the Mets had re-engaged in contract negotiations for Alonso, whereas including that Francisco Lindor prefers his slugging first baseman return to the Mets.
Cohen just lately offered sad followers a brutally sincere evaluation of why Alonso isn’t a Met proper now.
“Personally, this has been an exhausting conversation and negotiation. [Juan] Soto was tough, this is worse,” Cohen mentioned Saturday. “I don’t just like the buildings which are being introduced again to us. I feel it’s extremely uneven towards us, and I really feel strongly about it.
Within the winter of 2022, Alonso’s prior illustration and the Mets negotiated a deal however “weren’t in the same ballpark” on the time when he rejected a seven-year deal.
It seems that they’re nonetheless not in the identical ballpark, with Alonso idly remaining a free agent.
Boras is identical agent who negotiated Soto’s file $765 million contract with the Mets earlier this offseason, displaying the perimeters are keen to work collectively on difficult pacts.
