The 2024 season of Major League Baseball is already in the World Series. Pete Alonso He is one of the players who at the end of the campaign will enter the status of Free Agent and according to the portal Spotter the player of New York Mets He could receive a contract in excess of $150 million.
The first baseman of the team led by Carlos Mendoza was a vital piece for the team to reach the National League Championship Series where they ended up being eliminated against Los Angeles Dodgers. Many will remember the infielder’s home run against Devin Williams to put the metropolitans in the Serie Divisional.
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However, with the set of New York Mets now out of competition, one of the things they must resolve is the future of Pete Alonso. After six seasons in the “big apple,” the powerful hitter has to negotiate a new contract in MLB and according to specialists he would be looking for a 6-year agreement with a salary of around 30 million dollars.
174 million and six seasons for Pete Alonso
According to the specialized portal Spotrac, Pete Alonso He is projected on a 6-year, $174,007,356 contract. Which would give him a salary of 29 million dollars per season.
It should be noted that at the time this note was written, the infielder is number one in the ranking of first basemen and number 16 in the overall table. Major League Baseballwhich suggests that these projections are not crazy at all.
All these projections were made by making comparisons with players like Nolan Arenado ($260 million and 8 years) and Matt Olson ($168 million and 8 seasons) to put the market value that the still player of New York Mets.
Until now, Pete Alonso In his career he has managed to earn a total of $44,782,649. The 2024 campaign was where he had his best salary since Carlos Mendoza’s team paid him $20.5 million dollars.
In that campaign, the first baseman participated in 162 games where he had a batting average of .240 with 34 home runs, 88 RBIs, 91 runs scored and an OPS of .788. While in the postseason he left an average of .273 with four homers and 10 RBIs in 13 games.
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Now, we will only have to wait if the organization will be New York Mets who seeks to meet the infielder’s salary expectations and maintain the winning core achieved in 2024 or we will see Pete Alonso wearing another uniform MLB from 2025.
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