Pete Alonso Signs $155 Million Deal with Baltimore Orioles

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00:00Big baseball news yesterday that really shocked New York Met fans is that Pete Alonzo signs a huge

00:06five-year buck 55 million dollar deal with the Baltimore Orioles. So one of the Met fans favorite

00:13players of all time will not end his career as a New York Met. Met fans rightfully so by the way

00:19are going apoplectic but there's two different aspects to the story. There's the baseball aspect

00:24to the story was this a good baseball decision and then there's a separate side of the story

00:29which is the relationship between the owner and the fans all right yeah I think we got to separate

00:34those two things from a baseball standpoint Pete Alonzo got overpaid and good for him great for

00:41him guaranteed money 155 million bucks over five years right all right so tell me why you think

00:47he's why that's overpay in this modern baseball because Pete Alonzo unfortunately is a sub-average

00:54defensive player true and he did to his credit and I know Pete well personally for a long time

00:59he did have a great year batted 270 at 40 plus doubles had the home runs great the problem is

01:06that he's this how do I say this it's great that he plays every day that's like a dying thing in

01:13sports and he did play every single game last two the guy doesn't take days off but three years from

01:20now that's a bad contract is that fair it's well it depends if he's Kyle Swarber no Kyle Swarber's

01:27better at 33 you think as a righty he's gonna hit 50 home runs in Baltimore 45 home runs in Baltimore

01:32I'm saying that I'm saying that he's with his work ethic yeah I it's not a given anymore in modern

01:39baseball that players worse than 33 they were a third he's just he's only 31 let me even change

01:44course then let me even say it's not a bad deal okay all right it's not a bad deal it may be I'm

01:50just saying that it's not a luck in today's game fair enough it's not a horrendous deal and good for

01:55Pete that he got it okay yeah from a baseball standpoint with Pete Alonzo having a great year

02:00last year did the New York Mets win the World Series they did not did the New York Mets get to

02:05the NLCS absolutely did the New York Mets get to the NLDS no were the New York Mets in the wild card

02:11no they didn't make the playoffs right right so the notion of let's run it back for the eighth year

02:17with Pete Alonzo at first base batting on average 250 and yes hitting 40 home runs a year every single

02:23year is great how do you sell that to the fans we're running back the same crap that has never

02:29won a World Series like why would I want that if I'm a baseball fan right right so the issue now is

02:37they let they traded Brandon Nimmo they get Marcus Simeon from the Rangers all right right Nimmo

02:42fan favorite okay for sure Edwin Diaz fan favorite last six and a half years for the Mets arguably the

02:50best closer in the National League they let him go yep fans got pissed off and now the coup de gras

02:56the number one Met for all Met fans today is Pete Alonzo so the Met fan is taking it bam bam bam

03:05on the chin it's a body blow if you're a Met fan because three of your favorite players are gone