Picture this: Sandy Alderson is holding his first press conference before the start of the 2019 offseason. The New York Mets general manager is fielding questions from reporters when he gets asked if the Mets plan to pursue Manny or Machado or Josh Donaldson in free agency. He smiles, and calmly states that the Mets have Todd Frazier penciled in at third base for 2019.
If the Brandon Nimmo jokes were funny after Giancarlo Stanton was traded to the Yankees, then it’s hard to imagine how comical it will be if one of Machado or Donaldson signs with a division rival.