The rumored contract offer is one to benefit the player and team.

Someway, somehow Carlos Baerga has become one of the preeminent revealer of contract news for all of Major League Baseball. Although New York Mets fans don’t recall his time with the ball club in the late 1990s so fondly, his recent reporting on Pete Alonso will give us all something to smile about. These latest Mets rumors shared by Baerga point at a solution everyone will enjoy.

The beef of this report is the Mets have offered Alonso a three-year deal worth $90 million with opt outs after each of the first two years. It’s precisely the kind of contract all fans will agree meshes well with the team’s plans to compete but not commit themselves too long to any player who could start declining too suddenly.

Is this rumored Mets contract offer to Pete Alonso enough to get ink on the paper?

The benefits for Alonso are obvious. He gets a high AAV with a chance to cash in like Matt Chapman and Blake Snell did after amazing years with the San Francisco Giants in 2024. A long-term deal was the goal for Alonso and Scott Boras. However, with so few openings around MLB at the moment for a first baseman of any kind, the Mets are bidding against themselves.

The Giants, oddly enough, are a darkhorse match for the Mets. They’ve regularly tried to sign big-time hitters. Aaron Judge chose the New York Yankees. Carlos Correa’s physical scared them off.

What could throw a wrench in these Mets rumors of offering Alonso three-years and $30 million per season would be a team like the Giants going higher. How much more would they go, though? Is $31 million enough for him to sign with a franchise that plays 81 games in a ballpark known to favor pitchers? $32? $33?

An offer like this all but assures us Alonso will wear orange and blue again in 2025. Teams like the Minnesota Twins and Seattle Mariners who could conceivably find space for Alonso don’t seem prepared to spend money without at least first subtracting a contract from the books.

A short and expensive contract for Alonso rewards the Mets and gives the slugger an opportunity to bet on himself. It’s probably the best he can possibly receive. Unless someone offers something similar with a fourth year and $100 million total with opt outs after each year, this is the kind of deal Boras should advise the Polar Bear to put his paw print on.