NY Mets slugger follows Pete Alonso, Brandon Nimmo in free agent cash pursuit

It’ll be a few more years before Mark Vientos gets into free agency. However, with arbitration eligibility beginning in the 2027 season, he mine as well get a head start on paying off his car loan. Ripping a page straight from his former New York Mets teammates Pete Alonso and Brandon Nimmo, Mark Vientos is ditching Roc Nation for Scott Boras.

Roc Nation is, coincidentally enough, the place where Brodie Van Wagenen works. Rather than start to make the big boy money under the guidance of that agency, Vientos has seen the green-colored light his Mets buddies did ahead of their first trip into free agency. It goes without saying, things worked out pretty well for them.

Mark Vientos became the newest Scott Boras client and we can’t blame him

Boras has had a couple of clients go into free agency and fail to get the desired deal in round one. Round two has worked out pretty well. When Alonso became a Boras guy after turning down a reported 7-year deal worth $158 million, it signaled to everyone he was after as much money as possible.

Playing out the 2024 season in a down year, he had to settle for a “make good” contract from the Mets last offseason. He got his $30 million and opted out only to get $155 million over the next five seasons. Financially, he made out like a bandit.

Nimmo’s deal might’ve been more shocking than even what the Baltimore Orioles paid Alonso. The Mets awarded him with an 8-year deal worth $162 million. A decent AAV but so long it might outlast the last lines of Revelations, he was a major win for Boras in the first trip to free agency.

Vientos is much further away from hitting the open market than either of them were upon switching agents. Nimmo did so months before he became a free agent. Alonso made the switch after the 2023 season ended, a full year before officially becoming a free agent. While the first thought is how much Vientos could get paid in a couple of years after he’s a free agent following the 2029 season, the main focus should be actually sticking with a team that long. Out of minor league options and evolving into a DH exclusive player, he could always be one bad year from being a DFA candidate. In that case, there’s no mega-deal coming his way.

There is no sure thing with this new relationship other than us getting a "Vidi Veni Vici Vientos" out of Boras sometime in the future.