If you do this, you can't even save Boras

The New York Post reported on the 19th (Korea Standard Time) that the Mets offered 158 million dollars for seven years through Apex Baseball, his agency at the time, to extend the contract with Alonso in June last year. It was about a year and a half before the FA left. 토토사이트

The Mets, then under general manager Billy Eppler, used Matt Olson, the big gun first baseman who signed an eight-year, $168 million extension with the Atlanta Braves before the 2022 season. Olson signed when he had two years left until the FA. The Mets offered Alonso a smaller sum than Olson, but increased his annual average.
However, the negotiations collapsed as Alonso refused to accept it, and the Mets even settled with the Chicago Cubs ahead of the July trade deadline. However, the trade never occurred, and Alonso was excluded from the trade list under David Stearns, president of baseball operations, who took over after the season. Rumor has it that Stearns did not want to start his term by trading a popular player in his team.

Not only Stearns but also Mets owner Steve Cohen are open to signing an extended contract with Alonso, but something critical has come up. Alonso joined hands with Scott Boras, the "super agent" at the end of last year. As he became a free agent, he has prepared this season with greater determination than ever before, but he has only posted a batting average of .308 with 45 games batting average of .23 with 17 RBIs, 17 walks and 37 strikeouts.308 with an on-base percentage of .454 OPS.762.

Although he still boasts of slugging power with 10 homers, his career-low numbers include on-base percentage, slugging percentage, and OPS. In May, his batting average of 222 percent (14 hits in 63 times at bat) with two homers and eight RBIs in 16 games is clearly on the decline. Given his current performance, it is not easy to win a contract worth more than 158 million dollars for seven years, which he rejected last year.

Agent Boras said, "A central hitter who can consistently hit 40 home runs, is highly durable, and can even play infield defense, and will not appear in the FA market for the next few years. Most teams don't see players who are elite in their prime age with productivity and durability. He is also a proven player in New York."

What Boras said is no exaggeration. Alonso, a 190-centimeter-tall, 111 kilograms-tall right-handed slugger, appeared splendidly as he became the NL home run king (53) in his first year in 2019. He was also selected as an All-Star three times this year, recording a batting average of .259 (675 hits in 2,705 times at bat), 202 home runs, 521 RBIs and a .340 slugging percentage of .523 OPS.863 in six seasons.

With 37 homers in 2021, 40 in 2022, and 46 in 2023, he has recorded the most homers in the league since 2019. He has played in only 24 games since his debut, displaying a robust physical condition with a 96.8 percent participation rate. However, despite his 46 homers last year, his batting average fell to .821 with an OPS (123 hits in 568 times at bat), and his batting performance is even worse this year. As he is becoming increasingly blackmailed, it is questionable whether any team will be able to give him a long-term contract without hesitation.

Super agent Boras is next to him, but clubs are no longer easily swayed. Last winter, big FA players such as Cody Bellinger (Chicago Cubs, 80 million dollars for three years), Blake Snell (San Francisco Giants, 62 million dollars for two years), Matt Chapman (San Francisco, 54 million dollars for three years), and Jordan Montgomery (Arizona Diamondbacks, 25 million dollars for one year) were treated coldly and had to sign contracts that fell far short of expectations. If Alonso does not make a noticeable rebound the rest of the season, he is likely to go the same way