Welcome back to Smash Or Pass, our offseason series in which we examine various free agents and trade targets to determine whether they make sense for the Red Sox. Next up, a polar bear.
Pete Alonso is a charming baseball player. He hits homers, his nickname is the polar bear and he’s cool with all of it. In general, it’s very much the the sort of thing you want, though you wish he could cut down on the strikeouts. You know it’s a losing proposition, though, so you let it go.