Mets Re-Sign Alonso

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10 hours ago, Jimcanuck said:

If its that bad and Baseball America is wrong, then he should stay in the minors to work on his defense.  He's too young to relegate to a DH only.

Don't forget he missed a lot of time from the suspension.  He would have been rusty coming back.

I would imagine most of those errors occurred before the suspension as Orelvis only appeared in 11 games post suspension and 63 games prior to the suspension.

[Grant77]

2 hours ago, Brownie19 said:

That's an odd conclusion.  

I mean I doubt we offered him 5 or 6 years, but I think it's reasonable to think we offered him a 3 or 4 year deal in the $70-$100M range and he decided to stay with the Mets on a 1 year $30M pillow deal.

Is it? It never made a lot of sense for us with a franchise 1B already in tow. It reeks of a situation where one or more of the sides were being used as leverage. It made sense for both the Mets in their Alonso negotiations and the Jays in their Vlad Jr. negotiations.

[wilko]

Good that shitshow is over. 

[G-Snarls]

1 hour ago, wilko said:

Good that shitshow is over. 

Seems like all the posturing and holding out by Alonso and Boras didn't really do him any good. 

[wilko]

5 minutes ago, G-Snarls said:

Seems like all the posturing and holding out by Alonso and Boras didn't really do him any good. 

It made him look like a little babyback bitch. 

[Jimcanuck]

Alonso's ego sure took a beating

[Grant77]

2 hours ago, G-Snarls said:

Seems like all the posturing and holding out by Alonso and Boras didn't really do him any good. 

I agree. I believe that Boras fabricated the Jays' interest and the Mets didn't buy it. They weren't going to bid against themselves.

[Stangstag]

7 hours ago, Grant77 said:

I agree. I believe that Boras fabricated the Jays' interest and the Mets didn't buy it. They weren't going to bid against themselves.

I don’t think the Jays’ interest was fabricated, i’d bet they had a larger deal on the table but Boras was trying to use us as leverage against the Mets and it flat out didn’t work. Pete then decided to take less money to return to NY

[Blue balls]

Jay’s interest was probably real.

Alonso’s interest towards the Jays was not. 
 

We were his fall back option and we helped him get enough from the team he wanted to play for to go back there.

[Gen.Disarray]

7 hours ago, Blue balls said:

Jay’s interest was probably real.

Alonso’s interest towards the Jays was not. 
 

We were his fall back option and we helped him get enough from the team he wanted to play for to go back there.

I don't think we were ever even his fallback option. We were always just leverage and he would have gone back to the Mets for pennies.

[GoBlue41]

1 hour ago, Gen.Disarray said:

I don't think we were ever even his fallback option. We were always just leverage and he would have gone back to the Mets for pennies.

Seems like the Jays are always just used for leverage, it's getting old. I will be happy when Bregman breaks the vicious cycle. :) 

[Grant77]

11 hours ago, Stangstag said:

I don’t think the Jays’ interest was fabricated, i’d bet they had a larger deal on the table but Boras was trying to use us as leverage against the Mets and it flat out didn’t work. Pete then decided to take less money to return to NY

It's entirely speculation at this point, so we'll probably never know. The media reports don't prove that there was any actual interest. Agents leak that kind of thing all of the time.

[Blue balls]

5 hours ago, Gen.Disarray said:

I don't think we were ever even his fallback option. We were always just leverage and he would have gone back to the Mets for pennies.

Do you really think if Mets offer was 1 year/$15M he would take it instead of a 1 year/$25-30M from the Jays ?

[Gen.Disarray]

5 hours ago, GoBlue41 said:

Seems like the Jays are always just used for leverage, it's getting old. I will be happy when Bregman breaks the vicious cycle. :) 

Don't get me wrong, I don't believe we're always just being used for leverage. Sometimes we are, and sometimes we just legitimately finish second for a player. 

[Gen.Disarray]

48 minutes ago, Blue balls said:

Do you really think if Mets offer was 1 year/$15M he would take it instead of a 1 year/$25-30M from the Jays ?

Mmm yeah kinda. It feels like it was Mets or bust for him. I think we probably did offer more years or dollars, or both

[Spanky99]

7 hours ago, Grant77 said:

It's entirely speculation at this point, so we'll probably never know. The media reports don't prove that there was any actual interest. Agents leak that kind of thing all of the time.

I understand this take Grant, but you said we were never in and the Cubs were bidding against themselves and didn't fall for it? Though reports did say we had the best offer on the table, as you said, we don't know. Yet at this point it's obvious Toronto are trying? I'm not catching your ngle here?

[Grant77]

1 hour ago, Spanky99 said:

I understand this take Grant, but you said we were never in and the Cubs were bidding against themselves and didn't fall for it? Though reports did say we had the best offer on the table, as you said, we don't know. Yet at this point it's obvious Toronto are trying? I'm not catching your ngle here?

I don't really have an angle. Alonso never made sense for us from a roster construction perspective and I don't believe reports. Too many people on these forums treat these reports like they are factual.

I do believe that we are in on Bregman because he makes far more sense for our roster.

[Spanky99]

22 minutes ago, Grant77 said:

I don't really have an angle. Alonso never made sense for us from a roster construction perspective and I don't believe reports. Too many people on these forums treat these reports like they are factual.

I do believe that we are in on Bregman because he makes far more sense for our roster.

Fair enough. We'll never no. The Pooh Bear guy, Moccomb, etc... all those Birds were wrong, I hope they lose follows. And FU Bird... you no who you are, 🖕

P.S. Alonso's bombs would have fit admirably.