Pete Alonso opted to signal a shorter-term take care of a better first-year worth to stick with the Mets.
Alonso agreed to phrases on a two-year, $54 million contract with an opt-out after yr one on Wednesday night time by passing up one other provide from the Mets, The Publish’s Jon Heyman reported.
The Mets had supplied a three-year, $71 million deal as effectively to maintain Alonso in Queens.
Nonetheless, the primary baseman agreed to the shorter contract — which incorporates an opt-out clause for the second yr and pays him $30 million within the first yr — betting on himself to earn a longer-term take care of his play subsequent season.
The choice follows the techniques that different Scott Boras shoppers have adopted, with Heyman mentioning that Blake Snell, Carlos Correa and Matt Chapman have all adopted related paths and have ended up with multi-year contracts the subsequent yr.
Mets followers, possession and Alonso himself are possible all pleased to lastly have this put to mattress after an prolonged offseason of contract negotiations dragging on.
Alonso has been the face of the Mets after taking part in his whole profession with the group, which chosen him within the second spherical of the 2016 MLB Draft.
The slugger has hit 226 dwelling runs relationship again to 2019, which ranks second solely behind one other New York slugger, Yankees outfielder Aaron Decide (232).
He’s additionally coming off a season during which his common season left a bit to be desired however he enshrined himself into the hearts of Mets followers much more together with his postseason efficiency, which included his game-winning dwelling run towards the Brewers in Recreation 3 of the wild-card spherical.
The free agent market by no means panned out fairly the best way Alonso possible belieived it will, however now he returns to a Mets lineup that now contains Juan Soto, who the Mets signed earlier this offseason to a record-breaking 15-year, $765 million contract.
