I understand your point and I agree with it as well.
However if Alonso does indeed leave - what is the alternative plan?
Are you comfortable with Vientos at 1b - a position he has never played - and Baty and / or Mauricio at 3b ?
I’m not !
Hence why I want this contract with Alonso to get done.
3/80 seems fair given given reported Mets offer of 3/68 and current market values for 1b
Problem is Mets are probably bidding against themselves and Boras shooting for deal with an AAV of $30 m.
An inflated 1 year deal is what it may end up at via these stalled deals with Boras clients !
If the Mets are probably bidding against themselves, there’s no one else to win.
As to letting him go, I take a broader view. Fans are terrible GMs, always have been, and always will be. When the front office is doing what the fans want, it’s a bad sign. Always.
Now Stearns has a terrific track record with the Brewers and their lack of resources, and did very well in year one with the Mets—certainly better than most fans were predicting when they were self-mutilating before last season, much as some are now. So I trust his decision-making process more than the panicked “well if we lose this guy or don’t sign that guy we’re screwed” thinking that fans have every off season.
So I don’t need to have a plan. And, by definition, my plan will suck. I’m just glad we have a guy in charge whose plans don’t suck, in fact generally turn out to be excellent, and are backed by the most money in the league.
