As a free agent for the second consecutive year, Pete Alonso is going to take a more direct approach with the hopes of securing the long-term contract he was unable to secure last winter. <\/p>\n
Per Jon Heyman<\/a> of the New York Post and MLB Network, Alonso is going to attend the winter meetings in person to have face-to-face meetings with teams. <\/p>\n Heyman added the the Boston Red Sox and Baltimore Orioles are on the list of clubs that Alonso will sit down with this week. <\/p>\n The hope when Alonso hit the market for the first time in his career was that he would be able to secure a deal that would put him among the highest-paid first basemen in MLB.<\/p>\n Instead, a soft market led to Alonso returning to the New York Mets on a\u00a0two-year, $54 million<\/a>\u00a0contract in February that included an opt-out after the first season.<\/p>\n Alonso’s value in the current market remains difficult to figure out. He’s coming off a terrific 2025 with a .272\/.347\/.524 slash line with 38 homers in 162 games. His 141 wRC+ was\u00a0tied for the second-highest<\/a>\u00a0of his career, trailing only his historic rookie year in 2019 (144).<\/p>\n The batted-ball data suggests Alonso should have no problems repeating that performance. He\u00a0ranked<\/a>\u00a0in the 91st percentile in bat speed, 96th percentile in hard-hit rate, 97th percentile in average exit velocity and 98th percentile in barrel rate.<\/p>\n Looking ahead, though, Alonso is also a 31-year-old who is likely going to be a full-time DH sooner than later because he ranked\u00a0among the worst defensive players<\/a>\u00a0at any position in the league in defensive runs saved.<\/p>\n