Mets writer makes huge Juan Soto, Pete Alonso prediction

It was said as far again as this previous spring that the New York Yankees may goal first baseman Pete Alonso in free company if New York Mets proprietor Steve Cohen satisfied All-Star outfielder Juan Soto to make a big-money transfer to Queens. 

For an article printed on Thursday, SNY supervisor of editorial manufacturing Danny Abriano predicted Cohen will not make an both/or alternative this offseason. 

“An ideal storm is brewing for the Mets,” Abriano defined, “who’ve tons of money coming off the books forward of the 2025 season, are in robust form payroll-wise for the subsequent half-decade and appear primed to make a Soto pursuit the centerpiece of what is predicted to be a really aggressive offseason. …It is exhausting to see the sweepstakes coming right down to something however a Mets-versus-Yankees battle. And the Mets will come out on prime.” 

Quite a few insiders have identified that Cohen has the assets to outbid Yankees proprietor Hal Steinbrenner for Soto after which signal the lineup/pitching assist the Mets want coming off their shocking run to the 2024 Nationwide League Championship Sequence. In the meantime, Jon Heyman of the New York Publish not too long ago linked the beforehand talked about Alonso with eight non-New York golf equipment. 

Per the TSN website, Heyman additionally mentioned on Wednesday that the Mets signing each Soto and Alonso “just isn’t out of the query.” Abriano envisions a situation the place Cohen brings Alonso, who has up to now performed just for the Mets since he made his MLB debut in 2019, dwelling on a brand new deal. 

“That is enterprise for the Mets and Alonso,” Abriano defined, “however there’s additionally some emotion tied in. And except Alonso’s market spirals uncontrolled, the ‘Polar Bear’ returning to the Mets — maybe on a deal value round $125M for 5 years — makes essentially the most sense.” 

Alonso is without doubt one of the hottest Mets gamers amongst die-hard followers in latest reminiscence, and the Baseball Almanac web site exhibits he is simply 26 dwelling runs away from tying the franchise file for profession homers. 

Whereas some suppose Mets president of baseball operations David Stearns may attempt to convince Cohen to raised “unfold out his finances,” the proprietor realistically may have Stearns construct round these superstars through worth signings much like these made by the chief final offseason.