You're going to shoot another Mets 723.7 billion won that spent 1.1 trillion won? The next target for Soto is to be Blige, but an extension contract or FA with TOR?
Feb 07, 2025
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One is that the Mets have a chance to permanently have a franchise star who hit 226 home runs, and the other is that the Toronto Blue Jays, who tried to bring him, are more desperate to keep the existing leading hitter.
By re-signing Alonso, the Mets have built a strong lineup connecting Francisco Lindor and Juan Soto. Alonso can knock on the FA market again by exercising his opt-out right after this season, but the Mets won't let him go if he creates a 40-homer season again.
From Toronto's point of view, the taste is all over again. Initially, Alonso was brought in and Vladimir Guerrero Jr. was tied up with a 'double gun' idea similar to the Mets. But there is no way of knowing if it was serious. Because Toronto also didn't offer the offer Alonso wanted. Alonso chose one of the two offers the Mets put forward in the final draft, '$54 million over two years + opt-out'. The other was '71 million for three years + opt-out'.
Toronto may have offered in some form, but it failed to win Alonso's heart.
Toronto is now in a hurry. This is because Guerrero will become an FA after this season. There are two ways to catch him. They either sign an extension before the 18th, the opening day of spring training, or sign an FA contract after this season.
Guerrero is said to have been very encouraged to watch Soto sign a 15-year, $765 million contract with the Mets. Guerrero is 26 years and eight months old at the time of his FA qualification. Soto was 26 years and two months old when he signed an FA contract. Guerrero will also aim for more than 14 years and more than $500 million (about 723.7 billion won) if he wants a contract guaranteed until the age of 40.
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The New York Post reported on the 7th (Korea time) that `The contract between the Mets and Alonso brings Vladimir Guerrero Jr.'s intrigue' in an article titled `They will still be the first baseman market next year even after Alonso reunites, but they can attract another big shot.' If Alonso's bet on him on a two-year + opt-out contract comes to fruition, it will lead to another contract with the Mets. But Guerrero can enter the painting.
In other words, the Mets can weigh Alonso and Guerrero. Of course, if Toronto finds a way to extend Guerrero's contract until the 18th, the potential combination between the Mets and Guerrero will be eliminated.
The New York Post predicted that the Mets will do their best to recruit Guerrero as an alternative resource for Alonso if Alonso exercises his opt-out after this season.
If Guerrero fails to sign an extension with Toronto before the season and Alonso executes an opt-out after this season, there will be two big first baseman in the next FA market. Of course, Guerrero's ransom is more expensive than Alonso's.
Meanwhile, Mets catcher Francisco Alvarez has already sent Guerrero a love call. Alvarez posted a photo of himself and Guerrero together on his social media in December last year, hinting that they could unite. Both Soto and Guerrero then followed up with the message "Let this trio be a trio in Queens (home of the Mets)."
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
