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Mets fans, an all-new episode is here!
This week, Mike and I discuss Kodai Senga‘s case for Rookie of the Year, we dive into Pete Alonso‘s hot August and the newest trade rumors surrounding the Mets slugger, break down Shohei Ohtani‘s weekend in Queens, react to Dwight Gooden and Darryl Strawberry‘s number retirement announcements, and much more!
With rumors of an Alonso trade bubbling since the trading deadline, and more reports “expecting” the Mets to trade their star slugger in the offseason entering his walk year, where will the team go from here? For Mike, listening to offers is always smart business, but the best move to be made is keeping the two time Home Run Derby champion in Queens longterm:
“With where the Mets went at the deadline selling off pieces and Alonso only being under control through 2024, it’s only natural to listen to offers for a player like him. It wouldn’t be smart to say that a player is untouchable if they are only with the organization for another year beyond this current season. With that being said, I do think some of those rumors are a bit overblown, especially the supposed deadline deal with the Brewers. That leak came from a Brewers front office member, a team that didn’t want Steve Cohen buying the Mets and who then tried to take their head executive in David Stearns. Now it does seem like Stearns will be hired by the Mets now that he is no longer under contract in Milwaukee, so we need to use some context and common sense when figuring out where these trade rumors are coming from. It just doesn’t make a lot of sense for the Mets to trade Alonso in the winter unless they really are so far apart on price, but I really doubt that Alonso would try and price himself out of Cohen.”
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