By Denis Engel
Now that the Mets have lost out on Yoshinobu Yamamoto, all eyes turn toward the team’s most difficult question of the off-season: Pete Alonso’s future with the Mets. In an article from last spring, it was suggested that the team should extend his contract and that it would cost north of $400M. Some scoffed at that notion, which given Shohei Ohtani’s $700M contract now seems like a bargain.
But there is a larger question to ponder. Does it make sense? Alonso is, unquestionably, the best home run hitter in baseball over the last five seasons. A three-time All-Star and MVP vote-getter, very few players in the history of the game can match his power numbers through their first five seasons. He plays with tremendous heart and he is a threat every time he comes to the plate to do something unbelievable. His fielding is much better than you would expect for such a big man. He is a special player.
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