Former GATOR Players

Hopefully Pete will have the best decision for him as a viable option. Personally, I would want the f*** out of my present location with the circus coming to town. But that’s just me.

 

Looking like Pete’s going somewhere besides the Mets….

 

Anybody have any inside information on Pete’s future team?

 

Pretty sure Toronto is making the biggest push.

 

That’s what I last heard-then there’s talk about him firing Boras and staying with the Mets… I’d like to see him get it done before
ST starts.

 

BlueJays have to be getting low in funds..lol just signed Santander(booo) and Scherzer. That might get them inside top 3 of division...maybe.

 

Well the Mets gave Mr. Me and only me 765 mil-guessing that they’ve got to have time to print some more money… personally I’d want to miss that shitshow if I was Pete. But that’s me.

 

Balt. moved their LF wall in, so I thought they may give Pete a look. But appears Mountcasle staying, who when healthy is a top tier 1B, especially defensively. Their current top prospect Basallo is a C, but is projected to see time at 1B/DH, since that Adley guy is C1.

Just glad Soto left the other NY.

 

Faedo traded to the Rays:

 

A polar bear should be on a Canadian team.

 

Worst thing about that would be getting his taxes done (both Canadian and US) Players have to pay taxes in every country, state, county, and city they play in to earn their money. Alan used to shake his head at the misery.

 

Another reason to make them 51st state...

 

Harrison Bader signs with the Twins.

Good fit. He'll likely be nominally the 4th outfielder, but might get 120 starts and 140 appearances, presuming he stays healthy. Twins CF Byron Buxton is basically made of glass. The Twins' corner outfielders are mostly left-handed but, aren't defensive stars. Particularly given that the shape of the park nudges CF a step or two towards right, LF often has cover some area there.

 

Alonso stays with the Mets.
x.com

 

Hope he dumped Boras along the way.

 

Pete Alonso is back with the Mets, and everyone is happy.

The Polar Bear is happy because he never wanted to leave the Mets, especially after he grudgingly came to realize he didn’t have a market.
Steve Cohen is happy because he got to appease Mets fans in bringing back their favorite son — at his price.
David Stearns is happy because the Alonso contract is within his analytics creed of three or fewer years.
And Scott Boras is happy because even though he failed mightily on his promise to get Alonso substantially more than the seven years, $158 million offer from the Mets he turned down in June 2023, he was able to save face by getting him an AAV of $30 million for 2025 that is the highest of any first baseman in the game.

But make no mistake.
Unless UF alum Alonso has a dramatic turnaround season in 2025, his ability to opt-out after the first year of the two-year $54 million deal will be moot.
He never realized he had so much going against him in this negotiation with the Mets: (1) He was coming off his worst season, (2) all the metrics showed player in decline, and (3) he was shackled by a qualifying offer from the Mets and no teams were willing to shell out a big bucks 5-6 year contract for a 30-year-old one dimensional first baseman — and also sacrifice a second- and fifth-round draft pick as compensation to the Mets.
At least if he decides to opt-out after this season, the qualifying offer goes away, but he’ll be a year older with the same negatives.

A good “one dimensional” comparison to Alonso in 2024 is Chris Carter, the hulking first baseman for the Brewers in 2016.

Alonso hit 34 homers, struck out 172 times and had an OPS of .788 last year. When Carter was 30 in 2016, he hit .222 and led the majors with 206 strikeouts, but also led the league in homers with 41, drove in 94 runs and had an OPS of .821.

Yet at the end of the season he was released by the Brewers. And the GM who released him was David Stearns.
That should give Alonso a pretty good idea where he’d still be right now if Cohen hadn’t bowed to the pleas of Mets fans.

 

I'm un-pinning this from the top of the board during the season so we can keep the game threads there. No fear, I'll re-pin it once the 2025 season is done.

 

According to the AP
Pete Alonso is back with the Mets, and everyone is happy.

The Polar Bear is happy because he never wanted to leave the Mets, especially after he grudgingly came to realize he didn’t have a market.
Steve Cohen is happy because he got to appease Mets fans in bringing back their favorite son — at his price.
David Stearns is happy because the Alonso contract is within his analytics creed of three or fewer years.
And Scott Boras is happy because even though he failed mightily on his promise to get Alonso substantially more than the seven years, $158 million offer from the Mets he turned down in June 2023, he was able to save face by getting him an AAV of $30 million for 2025 that is the highest of any first baseman in the game.

But make no mistake.
Unless UF alum Alonso has a dramatic turnaround season in 2025, his ability to opt-out after the first year of the two-year $54 million deal will be moot.
He never realized he had so much going against him in this negotiation with the Mets: (1) He was coming off his worst season, (2) all the metrics showed player in decline, and (3) he was shackled by a qualifying offer from the Mets and no teams were willing to shell out a big bucks 5-6 year contract for a 30-year-old one dimensional first baseman — and also sacrifice a second- and fifth-round draft pick as compensation to the Mets.
At least if he decides to opt-out after this season, the qualifying offer goes away, but he’ll be a year older with the same negatives.

A good “one dimensional” comparison to Alonso in 2024 is Chris Carter, the hulking first baseman for the Brewers in 2016.

Alonso hit 34 homers, struck out 172 times and had an OPS of .788 last year. When Carter was 30 in 2016, he hit .222 and led the majors with 206 strikeouts, but also led the league in homers with 41, drove in 94 runs and had an OPS of .821.

Yet at the end of the season he was released by the Brewers. And the GM who released him was David Stearns.
That should give Alonso a pretty good idea where he’d still be right now if Cohen hadn’t bowed to the pleas of Mets fans.[/QUOTE]

 

https://www.mlb.com/news/jac-caglianone-hits-first-spring-training-home-run-with-royals

 

Jac looks thicker to me...lower body-wise.