Since debuting in 2019, all Mets first baseman Pete Alonso has done is hit home runs and collect RBI at a prodigious rate. New York has never seen a homegrown player display this kind of power, so you’d imagine they’d want to keep him around for the long haul, right?
Not so much, says USA Today‘s Bob Nightengale. In his latest notebook, he’s reporting the Mets are “expected” to trade the right-handed slugger this winter:
All-Star first baseman Pete Alonso is expected to be traded by the New York Mets this winter, several executives insist, after conversations with the Mets.