NY Mets Monday Morning GM: 3 offseason plans we already need to reconsider

3) Brace for Pete Alonso to sign with the Red Sox

It didn’t seem possible that Pete Alonso would ever wear another team’s uniform. After setting the Mets franchise record for home runs this past year, it seems a lock that he’d retire a Met. Then the next day happened, the Mets lost, and reality set in. His days were coming to a close in New York.

The biggest threat to steal Alonso away appears to be the Red Sox. They’re going to end up with him or Kyle Schwarber. They apparently prefer the Mets first baseman.

Eliminating Alonso from the equation creates a huge gap in the lineup that they’ll need to fill with more than run prevention-first players. Vientos isn’t the answer. None of the internal options mentioned by Will Sammon of The Athletic really satisfies fully.

The good news is the Mets have an abundance of free agent options. From the intriguing Munetaka Murakami coming from overseas to the electricity Josh Naylor can add to even the possible Cody Bellinger theft from the New York Yankees, there is no shortage of alternatives.

Mets fans deserve to have Alonso back (this is said as a reward, not punishment) and most would agree he’d be the best solution at the position. Meeting somewhere in the middle with Stearns’ plan to improve the defense, spending regular time at the DH spot should be something he embraces.

The moment Alonso signs somewhere else or the Mets add a first baseman will completely alter the franchise. We just won’t know for a while if it’s for the best, worst, or somewhere in between.