
How Pete Alonso views Vladimir Guerrero Jr.’s $500 million deal with potential free agency looming
NY Post
Several times Pete Alonso said he is focused on this season — not the offseason and not the kind of contract he eventually hopes to sign.
But on the day Vladimir Guerrero Jr. landed a 14-year, $500 million pact from the Blue Jays, the Mets first baseman acknowledged the megadeal is a positive development for first basemen everywhere.
“It’s huge for first basemen — 35 [million dollars], I think that breaks an AAV record,” Alonso said, correctly, of the highest average-annual value for a contract signed by a first baseman. “Obviously half a billion dollars is a huge, huge amount. … For him, this is a fantastic deal, and it’s great for the first base market I think.
“Fourteen years — I mean, he’s a stud. … And I think right now you can’t think about the Toronto Blue Jays without Vlad Jr.”

Suddenly, someone had hit a rewind button and everyone had been transported back seven months. It was early spring instead of late fall, it was broiling hot outside the arena walls and not freezing cold. Everyone was back at TD Garden. There were 19,156 frenzied fans on their feet begging for blood, poised for the kill.












