Why the Mets Should Re-sign Pete Alonso
By Jay Palitto November 29, 2025
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The New York Mets have not had a whole lot to be thrilled about since their 2015 World Series appearance. It has been times of thwarted playoff runs, disappointing seasons, and disappointing performances from high profile players. However, one consistent silver lining in the last half-decade has been the emergence and rise of all-star first baseman Pete Alonso. In his time since being promoted to the major league level, Alonso has been nothing short of elite and has grown into a fan-favorite in Queens. With Alonso having opted-out of his contract after this most recent 2025 season, it is time that David Stearns and the Mets organization stop hesitating on this topic and re-sign him before it's too late.
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Since Alonso's first season in the major leagues, it was clear that he needed to be a mainstay in the Mets' lineup for life. In 2019, his rookie campaign, the Polar Bear slammed a single season rookie record and Mets single season franchise record 53 home runs. This accomplishment would help earn him NL Rookie of the Year honors at the season's conclusion. Since then, he has only gone on to hit the third most home runs in all of baseball since the start of his rookie year, only trailing arguably the best player in all of baseball right now in Aaron Judge and fellow free-agent Kyle Schwarber. He has also spent that time climbing all the way to number one on the Mets franchise all time home run leaderboard, surpassing the previous record holder, Daryl Strawberry, at home last August.
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With all that, Alonso is coming off a year that few expected following his season in 2024. While 2024 saw his batting average and power numbers dip down, Alonso came back this year hitting for a career-high in average with .272 with 38 homers and a league-leading 41 doubles. His defense also seems to have taken a step up since he first joined the team. After arguably one of the best years of his career, it would only make sense that the Mets would swiftly make him a deal that would keep his services in Queens for the rest of his career. Despite this however, there has been hesitation on this topic from the front office. I believe that that decision to not re-sign Alonso would have the possibility to go down in history as one of the more poor decisions in the franchise's sixty-four year history.
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Mets fans all around know all too well the turnaround and breakout performances that players can have when they leave the club. The most recent poster child for this phenomenon has been former New York Met current Atlanta Brave Travis d"Arnaud. The catcher was mostly underwhelming in his early years in New York, but has gone on to be an all-star and has won a Silver Slugger Award since leaving the club for Atlanta. Another recent prime example of this was second baseman, Daniel Murphy who, like d'Arnaud, was underwhelming in his first seven seasons with the Mets. In his first year away from New York in 2016, he signed with the division rival Washington Nationals and had a career year that made him the runner-up for the National League MVP Award.
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While Alonso has been inconsistent at times in the last few years, even the best players go through rough stretches. Even with that, this past season showed that Alonso still has what it takes to overcome adversity and excel. As history has shown in the case of the Mets, letting a player go can go very poorly for the team, and that can be especially true here when addressing a player who has shown he can still play at a high level. Alonso is still 30 years old and still shows the ability to put up elite power numbers and to play a decent first base defensively. It would be definitely be in the Mets' best interest to make Alonso a Met for life after seeing his ability to come back from a poor season. He has been the face of the organization and a fan-favorite for the last seven seasons apart from being an elite player and he is not someone the Mets should give up even if it means paying him what he desires.