Who do the Mets need to re-sign more, Pete Alonso or Edwin Diaz?

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00:00John, if I had to make a case, I actually think they need Diaz more than Alonzo, and that's

00:05no rip on Pete Alonzo, who is second in RBIs in the majors, fifth in extra base hits,

00:10eighth in homers. He is, in a time where it's hard to hit a ball, he is just below the best

00:16home run hitters in the sport, which is to say he's a top five homer hitter, you know,

00:20for consistency. But I just don't know how the Mets function if they don't kind of throw the

00:25anchor of their bullpen back in and build around it when they have to do so much else.

00:30Diaz was the best reliever, certainly in the National League. He's clearly going to win the

00:34award for the top reliever in the National League. I am wondering what they're going to do if Alonzo

00:39is not retained. You know, he did hit 38 home runs. He did have 126 RBIs. He is right-handed,

00:45right? Their better hitters are left-handed on this team, right, who are starters. Where do they

00:51go to replace Alonzo? I'm looking at that first base list. You got some lefty bats. You've got

00:57some aging righty bats. You don't really have anybody who can replace Alonzo. Do they do it

01:01in multiple other areas and figure it out? I don't know. But I mean, yeah, I can't argue that Diaz

01:07is a bigger need at this moment than Alonzo.