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Pete Alonso seeks at least seven-year contract
Sébastien Berrouard
Pete Alonso seeks at least seven-year contract
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After being at the heart of the last off-season, Pete Alonso is expected to attract attention once again this winter. This time, however, with a much longer-term contract, as he has already announced his intention to opt out of the two-year, $54 million deal he signed with the New York Mets last season.

Indeed, according to Mike Puma of the New York Post, the Polar Bear is reportedly seeking a pact of at least seven years, which would take him at least to his 37th birthday.

Alonso is coming off an excellent 2025 season, posting a .272 batting average with 126 runs produced, a .871 OPS and 38 home runs, surpassing Darryl Strawberry as the Mets' all-time leader in long balls with 253 career bombs.

The first baseman now has 264 career home runs in just seven years in Major League Baseball.

Admittedly, a contract for at least seven more years could age him badly, but the risk is somewhat mitigated by the fact that Alonso has played every one of his team's regular-season games for the second year in a row. His state of health is not a problem in sight.

However, we'll have to see which version of the Polar Bear takes the field in the years to come, as the 2025 campaign was a stark contrast to what Alonso produced at bat in the previous season, as evidenced by his .240 batting average in 2024, with 34 home runs, 88 runs produced and a career-worst .788 OPS.

But with his 2025 numbers, he's likely to get what he wants.

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