{"id":17666,"date":"2024-12-13T13:56:06","date_gmt":"2024-12-13T13:56:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=17666"},"modified":"2024-12-13T13:56:06","modified_gmt":"2024-12-13T13:56:06","slug":"yankees-juan-soto-revenge-may-be-to-poach-projected-174-million-rival-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=17666","title":{"rendered":"Yankees&#8217; Juan Soto Revenge May Be to Poach Projected $174 Million Rival Star"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"post-featured-container-id\">\n<div id=\"post-featured\">\n<div>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Heavy-on-Yankees-4.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 95vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Heavy-on-Yankees-4.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Heavy-on-Yankees-4.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Heavy-on-Yankees-4.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"Yankees' Juan Soto Revenge May Be to Poach Projected $174 Million Rival Star\" width=\"780\" height=\"439\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Heavy on Yankees<\/p>\n<p>The Yankees could look to pluck the Polar Bear Pete Alonso away from the Mets.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The New York Yankees have some money to spend given the team is not giving superstar Juan Soto a $700 million contract. New York has already signed two-time All-Star pitcher Max Fried, but there are still additional roster moves that need to be made.<\/p>\n<p>The Yankees could get a bit of revenge on the New York Mets for poaching Soto by signing star slugger Pete Alonso. The Athletic\u2019s Tyler Kepner floated Alonso as an option but added that Arizona Diamondbacks first baseman Christian Walker could be a better signing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSigning first baseman Pete Alonso would be a direct counterpunch to the Mets\u2019 deal for Soto,\u201d Kepner wrote in a December 11, 2024, story titled, \u201cThe Yankees can\u2019t replace Juan Soto. But their pivot plan has a powerful echo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut Alonso is 30 and would command a longer deal than Christian Walker, 34, who has won three Gold Gloves in a row at first base for the Arizona Diamondbacks. A deal for Walker \u2014 think three years \u2014 could be a fit.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Mets Star Pete Alonso\u2019s Market Value is Projected to Be a 6-Year, $174 Million Contract in MLB Free Agency<\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_5220372\">\n<div>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Alonso-Yankees.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=782\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 782px) 100vw, 782px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Alonso-Yankees.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Alonso-Yankees.jpg?resize=150,84 150w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Alonso-Yankees.jpg?resize=300,169 300w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Alonso-Yankees.jpg?resize=768,432 768w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Alonso-Yankees.jpg?resize=1024,576 1024w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Alonso-Yankees.jpg?resize=782,440 782w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Alonso-Yankees.jpg?resize=780,439 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Alonso-Yankees.jpg?resize=425,239 425w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Alonso-Yankees.jpg?resize=660,371 660w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Alonso-Yankees.jpg?resize=320,180 320w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Alonso-Yankees.jpg?resize=267,150 267w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Alonso-Yankees.jpg?resize=225,127 225w\" alt=\"Yankees' Juan Soto Revenge May Be to Poach Projected $174 Million Rival Star\" width=\"782\" height=\"440\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5220372\" data-lazy-load=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-5220372\">Heavy on YankeesThe Yankees could make a run at Mets star Pete Alonso.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Landing Alonso could be pricey as Spotrac projects Alonso\u2019s market value to be a six-year, $174 million contract. Alonso\u2019s resume includes being a four-time All-Star, Rookie of the Year winner and two-time Home Run Derby champion.<\/p>\n<p>The first baseman hit .240, 146 hits, 88 RBI and 34 home runs while playing in all 162 games for the Mets in 2024. With the exception of 2020, Alonso has been remarkably durable playing in at least 150 games in five of his six MLB seasons. The Mets insist the club still has a desire to re-sign Alonso, who has been one of the faces of the franchise.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019d love to bring Pete back,\u201d Mets president David Stearns said at the winter meetings on December 9, per ESPN\u2019s Jorge Castillo. \u201cPete\u2019s been a great Met. He had some enormous hits for us, and we\u2019ll see where that goes.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Pete Alonso\u2019s Agent Scott Boras on MLB Free Agent Market for Slugger: \u2018The Polar Bear Express Is Rolling\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>On the other side, Alonso\u2019s agent Scott Boras is attempting to drum up business for the slugger. The baseball power agent noted that the \u201cPolar Express is rolling\u201d regarding Alonso\u2019s market in free agency.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA lot of market locomotion regarding Pete, the Polar Bear Express is rolling,\u201d Boras noted at the winter meetings on December 11, per New York Post\u2019s Mike Puma. \u201cPower in this game is such a commodity and you can see as we filter through the market the availability of power is something most teams recognize as a core lineup need.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>The Yankees Have an Interest in Mets First Baseman Pete Alonso: Insider<\/h2>\n<p>There does seem to be some smoke to at least preliminary interest from the Yankees in Alonso. It is an added bonus that the Yankees could pluck a star away from the team\u2019s crosstown rival just as the Mets did with Soto.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe nice thing about saving $760 million is that you have plenty of spending money to spread around,\u201d New York Post\u2019s Jon Heyman wrote in a December 11, article titled, \u201cYankees targeting Cubs\u2019 Cody Bellinger \u2014 but money issues remain in pursuit.\u201d \u201cWhich explains how the Yankees can pursue a smorgasbord of stars \u2014 including Cody Bellinger, Kyle Tucker, Alex Bregman, Pete Alonso, Christian Walker and Anthony Santander \u2014 with the assumption they still have multiple big moves to go.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2026 The Yankees are also considering Alonso or Walker. Alonso, beloved by Mets fans, is also said to have some interest in going to the Yankees if the Mets never seriously engage with him. (The Yankees also might not mind poaching Alonso after their $760M bid to retain superstar Juan Soto was topped by the Mets\u2019 winning offer of $765M.)\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jonathan Adams is a veteran sports contributor covering the NFL, NBA and golf for Heavy.com. His work has been prominently featured on NFL.com, Yahoo Sports, Pro Football Talk, CBS Sports, Bleacher Report and Sports Illustrated. More about Jonathan Adams<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The New York Yankees could stick it to the New York Mets by making a run at rival star Pete Alonso in MLB free agency.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":17667,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17666","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Yankees&#039; Juan Soto Revenge May Be to Poach Projected $174 Million Rival Star - NEWS USA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=17666\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Yankees&#039; 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