{"id":69906,"date":"2025-12-13T18:07:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-13T18:07:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/69906\/"},"modified":"2025-12-13T18:07:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-13T18:07:08","slug":"mets-sign-infielder-jorge-polanco-for-40-million-after-losing-pete-alonso","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/69906\/","title":{"rendered":"Mets sign infielder Jorge Polanco for $40 million after losing Pete Alonso"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After seeing <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/12\/12\/sports\/pete-alonsos-orioles-tenure-begins-with-a-massive-hat-moment\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the lineup lose Pete Alonso<\/a> and Brandon Nimmo this offseason, the Mets made their first addition to the offense, signing Jorge Polanco to a two-year deal worth $40 million, The Post confirmed.<\/p>\n<p>The 32-year-old Polanco spent the previous two seasons in Seattle and last year had 26 homers, an OPS of .821 and a career-high OPS-plus of 134.<\/p>\n<p>Polanco played 38 games at second base last season, but primarily served as a DH for the Mariners.<\/p>\n<p>He was at second base in 112 games in 2024.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.52608048;display:block\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"37920936\" width=\"900\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/seattle-mariners-second-baseman-jorge-113876515_f367bf.jpg\" alt=\"Seattle Mariners second baseman Jorge Polanco warms up.\" class=\"wp-image-37920936\"  \/>Jorge Polanco will now call Citi Field home. Nick Turchiaro-Imagn Images<\/p>\n<p>The switch-hitter will replace at least some of the power lost by Alonso signing with Baltimore and Nimmo having been traded to Texas.<\/p>\n<p>Marcus Semien, who the Mets acquired in exchange for Nimmo, is among the best defensive second basemen in the majors, so Polanco is expected to serve mainly as a first baseman and DH, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JonHeyman\/status\/1999878187929735630?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">according to The Post\u2019s Jon Heyman<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"37920934\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/newly-signed-baltimore-orioles-first-117232477.jpg\" alt=\"Pete Alonso smiles while wearing a Baltimore Orioles hat and jersey at a press conference.\" class=\"wp-image-37920934\"  \/>Pete Alonso left for the Orioles. AP<\/p>\n<p>But Polanco, a shortstop earlier in his career with the Twins, has played just one game in his major league career at first base.<\/p>\n<p>The signing of Polanco is another significant move in what\u2019s been an offseason of change in Queens following their second half-collapse last year that cost them a spot in the playoffs.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/12\/12\/sports\/edwin-diazs-dodgers-decision-came-down-to-what-mets-couldnt-offer\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">They also saw Edwin Diaz sign with the Dodgers<\/a> and figure to have Devin Williams, signed to a three-year, $51 million deal earlier in the offseason, serve as the closer after watching him struggle in the same role with the Yankees last season.<\/p>\n<p>The Mets remain in the market for another outfielder, as well as help in the rotation and bullpen, since they lost sidearmer <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/12\/12\/sports\/tyler-rogers-signing-37-million-blue-jays-contract\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tyler Rogers to the Blue Jays in free agency<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After seeing the lineup lose Pete Alonso and Brandon Nimmo this offseason, the Mets made their first addition&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":69907,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[20,3473,21528,9,11,320,10,5419,7580,319],"class_list":{"0":"post-69906","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-mlb","9":"tag-mlb-free-agency","10":"tag-mlb-hot-stove","11":"tag-new-york","12":"tag-new-york-headlines","13":"tag-new-york-mets","14":"tag-new-york-news","15":"tag-pete-alonso","16":"tag-seattle-mariners","17":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69906","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69906"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69906\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/69907"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69906"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69906"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69906"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}