Mets fans get Pete Alonso gut-punch
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The New York Mets have decided on the tender decisions for these players.
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You’d never guess every NY Mets player who was the highest paid in the NL
The New York Mets have had the highest paid player in the league more than a dozen times. There's no chance you can name them all.
This exercise highlights the need for something big — something that goes against the grain of what the Mets have indicated this offseason.
The New York Mets know they need an ace, and there are good candidates on the market. Owner Steve Cohen is almost always up for a big spend, and several are a fit as well.
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Edwin Diaz's contract shows the NY Mets were never serious about keeping him
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The Mets’ preference for shorter deals isn’t a blanket policy. Two years ago, the Mets aggressively pursued Yoshinobu Yamamoto, who at that time was 25 years old and signed a 12-year deal with the Los Angeles Dodgers. But under president of baseball operations David Stearns, New York generally has targeted short-term deals with starters.
The Mets have lost two key players from their 2024 NLCS run. Now what?
The New York Mets could be in a great spot regarding Pete Alonso's free agency negotiations.
Alonso holds the franchise record with 264 home runs. He and Nimmo join a notable list of homegrown Mets stalwarts who eventually went elsewhere — from Tug McGraw, Tom Seaver, Jerry Koosman and Jon Matlack to Darryl Strawberry, Dwight Gooden, José Reyes and Jacob deGrom.
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