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Strawberry Believe's Alonso Will Miss Mets

Former Mets legend Darryl Strawberry sounded off on Pete Alonso's departure from the New York Mets this off-season, saying Monday that the slugger would one day "wake up just like I did and regret you didn’t stick where you’re at.”


Oddly enough on Tuesday, Strawberry tried to walk back those comments, stating: 

 “I was talking about the mistakes that I made of leaving,” Strawberry said Tuesday from Clover Park, where he is serving this week as a guest instructor. “This is not about me and Pete. I love Pete. And I always had hope that he would stick around and be the guy to break all the numbers."

The comments are interesting, mainly because Alonso and Strawberry share the distinction of being the franchise-leading home run leader. Alonso passed Strawberry last summer. 

In Strawberry's case, he left the Mets in 1990 he did so with a strained relationship with the front office, and wound up signing a five-year deal with the Dodgers after rejecting a lesser deal from the Mets. 

Alonso similarly signed a five-year deal with the Orioles this offseason for $155 million, or $30 million a year, and received no formal offer this off-season from the Mets.  Although it is duly noted that Alonso did reject a seven-year offer via the Mets in 2023. 

 The similarities end there. Strawberry had a tumultuous time in L.A. which was compounded by his drug and alcohol addiction problem. He was nearly out of baseball before the Yankees gave him a second and third chance and he won a pair of World Series with the Bombers in 1996 and 1998. 

It's hard to say Alonso is going to regret it one day, simply because the Mets under David Stearns didn't make an offer. Alonso is off to a sizzling start in Spring Training, and one would think, should he stay healthy will have a monster year in Baltimore. 

As for the Mets, they might miss Alonso more than he misses them. New York is betting on middle-infielder Jorge Polanco to make the transition to first base for this season. If he fails, they'll fall back on Mark Vientos or Brett Baty. It's not a good situation for the Amazin's.  

 

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