5 best Pete Alonso trade destinations if the Mets decide to sell their slugger

4) Chicago Cubs

Mets trade rumors involving Alonso always seem to come back to the Chicago Cubs. When we saw the Mets play the Cubs earlier this season, we witnessed how evenly matched these two teams are. Belief that they can actually pull far enough away from the Mets to be Alonso buyers at the trade deadline remains present. How badly do they need Alonso?

Michael Busch has gotten the bulk of work at first base and hasn’t been so bad. An acquisition in a trade with the Los Angeles Dodgers, the young switch-hitting capable of playing some third base as well might be a suitable enough option for the Cubs at the position. They have far greater offensive needs and with three outfielders plus Mike Tauchman hitting well, their focus might go elsewhere.

The Cubs will undoubtedly do their best to position themselves in a spot where they will be trade deadline buyers. The division remains within reach. Impressive starts to the year from Javier Assad and Shota Imanaga have given them a surprisingly strong one-two punch at the top of the rotation.

Chicago’s greatest weakness is in the batting average department as they have one of the lowest in baseball. Their power and number of runs scored is about league average. Alonso wouldn’t help much at all in making a difference in the batting average or OBP department which is why they aren’t high on this list.