By Erwin Quiñonez
02 Nov 2023, 20:12 PM EDT
Once the conquest of the Texas Rangers in the World Series has been consummated, the work of the management of the different teams for the next season is considered to have begun and with this the player agents also begin the search for the best contracts for their clients such as This is the case of Scott Boras and New York Mets player Pete Alonso.
Boras is known as one of the most seasoned representatives of the MLB for the multimillion-dollar agreements he obtains for his clients, among which figures such as the Puerto Rican Carlos Correa, Bryce Harper, Blake Snell and the Dominican Juan Soto stand out, who will be one of the next in negotiating a mega contract.
But one of the most specific cases about which he recently spoke on the podcast “The Show” with MLB Network correspondents, Jon Heyman and Joel Sherman, is that of Pete Alonso, letting it be known that his expectations will not be based on other people’s contracts. elite first baseman like Freddie Freeman who signed with the Los Angeles Dodgers for 6 years and $162 million dollars.
“They are different markets, different representation, the dynamics are also different. And, furthermore, baseball’s revenue system has changed dramatically in recent years. If the income changes, the value of the players also changes,” Boras stated while explaining why Alonso’s contract should exceed Freeman’s.
“I don’t think those recent contracts, certainly negotiated by others, are really relevant to everything that has to do with what is going to happen in the future, particularly with Pete Alonso,” he added.
Taking into account that the ‘Polar Bear’ is a year away from entering free agency, rumors have begun to spread about the possibility that the Mets could trade him and be able to receive some prospects, however, the new president of baseball operations baseball team, David Stearns let it be known that he hopes to have the first baseman from Opening Day 2024.
This means that the New York team is considering the possibility of making him a multi-year contract offer in the coming months and this is where the magic of Scott Boras comes in, knowing that the Mets have a large checkbook, he could look for a contract of about 10 years and around $300 million dollars.
Pete Alonso has become one of the team’s most consistent players in terms of the number of games per season, since he has never played less than 152 games in a season, except for 2020, which was shortened by Covid.
In five seasons in the Major Leagues, the 28-year-old first baseman has an average of .251 with 192 home runs, 498 RBIs, 402 runs scored and an OPS of .870. He was also Rookie of the Year in the National League in 2019, has been selected to three All-Star Games and has won the Home Run Derby twice.
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