Longtime New York Mets star Daniel Murphy addressed Pete Alonso's free agency exit.
fans are still acclimating to a world where slugger Pete Alonso isn't on their team. This marks the first time since the 2018 season that Alonso isn't on New York's roster, as he signed a five-year, $155 million deal with the Baltimore Orioles in free agency this past offseason.
While the Mets did a solid job replacing Alonso's production by adding guys like Jorge Polanco, Bo Bichette, Marcus Semien, and Luis Robert Jr. in free agency, only time will tell whether these guys can make up for what Alonso brought to Queens, both on the field and in the clubhouse. The Mets' front office received some criticism over how he handled Alonso' free agency, mainly because New York never actually gave Alonso a formal contract offer after hearing how much the Orioles were offering him.Because of this, it's hard to blame Alonso for not being back with his longtime team.But it's not like the Mets made their decision not to pursue Alonso without reason. And Mets icon Daniel Murphy spoke to this during an interview with NJ.com's Max Goodman that was “It wasn’t that both parties didn’t want each other. They went through something similar last offseason. Pete got a term in Baltimore that was completely deserving, but was something different than what David Stearns and Steve Cohen had an idea for how they wanted to construct their roster. I don’t think either party will blame each other at all. That’s the game. Ain’t nothing malicious about it," Murphy was quoted as saying in the article.When speaking about the acquisitions New York did make this winter, Murphy added, “They were able to make some of those additions in the offseason. Whereas some of ours, we waited more towards the deadline. We weren’t probably quite as in go-for-it mode as they are here, but fortunately, our club played well enough to make them make a decision at the deadline. You get guys like . Some of those additions have already been made to this ball club. Then they’ll just look to fortify.” Ultimately, business decisions like these are inevitable in baseball. But that isn't going to make Mets fans feel any better about not having Alonso on their roster.Grant Young covers the New York Mets and Women’s Basketball for Sports Illustrated’s ‘On SI’ sites. He holds an MFA degree in creative writing from the University of San Francisco, where he also played Division 1 baseball for five years. He believes Mark Teixeira should have been a first ballot MLB Hall of Fame inductee.
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