Alonso has an .859 OPS to Devers’ .855 (and Alonso’s OPS plus is better, 137-128). The Giants took on the $255 million on the Devers deal (and gave up four players). Alonso is two years older, but unlike Devers, he plays 1B enthusiastically.

The Chicago Cubs fleeced the New York Mets when they acquired Pete Crow-Armstrong for 47 games of Javier Báez.

New York Mets All-Star Pete Alonso was asked during MLB All-Star media day on Monday what rule he would change in baseball, and the 30-year-old veteran came prepared.

At the 2021 trade deadline, the New York Mets took a risk, trading Pete Crow-Armstrong to the Chicago Cubs in exchange for half a year of Javier Baez and Trevor

But perhaps its best decision was to bring back franchise slugger Pete Alonso on a relatively cheap deal. After prolonged negotiations, the Mets landed him on a two-year, $54 million contract with a player option after this season and he has rewarded that decision with another All-Star season.

Pete Alonso knows a lot about his hometown of Tampa and a lot about playing major-league baseball. And the Mets’ All-Star first baseman has a couple ideas on where the Rays should build a new stadium in his hometown.

With another free agency period looming, Pete Alonso was asked by reporters Monday during All-Star festivities in Atlanta if he hopes to stay with the Mets long-term.

Mets first baseman Pete Alonso says that Dodgers veteran pitcher Clayton Kershaw has earned his spot among the best to wear Dodger blue.