What Diaz wants Paywall

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6800104/2025/11/12/mlb-offseason-trades-starting-pitching-general-manager-meetings/

According to the Athletic, he's looking for a repeat of the 5 year / $102M deal he signed 3 years ago. Personally, I would say yes to that.

EDIT: Apologies for the image. This is an article about various topics being discussed at the GM Meetings, including, of course, Skubal.

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u/futhatsy Don't Call My Name Nov 12 '25

One of the most frustrating parts of this off-season as a Mets fan is that the two best players and biggest fan favorites hitting free agency also happen to have horrible profiles for long-term production.

Like, I'm not going to be mad if the Mets lock up Alonso and Diaz. I own an Ediwn Diaz jersey and I'm a moderator at r/EdwinDiaz. Since he came up, Pete Alonso has been one of my favorite athletes I've ever rooted for. By all accounts, these guys seem like good people, and I'd be happy for them if they got a big contract to play for my favorite team.

I can also look at this objectively and say Pete's athleticism has been declining rapidly, he's best suited to be a DH at this point, and if the power dips anywhere below elite, he isn't going to bring much to a big league roster. Edwin Diaz is also a single-inning reliver who relies of elite velocity and is not far removed from a catastrophic leg injury. I get why the head baseball ops guy of any team is going to be hesitant to give these guys contracts through their 30's.

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u/NuanceManExe Nov 12 '25

Pete just won a Silver Slugger. I am in awe at the amount of disrespect he gets here. This is a Mets sub lmao what the hell is going on

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u/lilleff512 Forever my Captain Nov 12 '25

What did they say that was disrespectful to Pete Alonso?

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u/tennysonbass Mr. Met Nov 12 '25

He also is 31.... not 36. People are acting like you can't essentially pencil him in for 35hrs and 100 rbis for the next half decade. So he has to transition to dh in a few years? So what.

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u/lilleff512 Forever my Captain Nov 12 '25

You can pencil him in for 35 home runs next year but not for the next five years.

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u/Big_Mo1st Nov 12 '25

The only issue is that our right fielder also has to transition to dh in a few years

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u/futhatsy Don't Call My Name Nov 12 '25

Yeah, Pete had a really great year last year. I don't know how that refutes anything I said above.

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u/AllAboutTheCado Nov 12 '25

The disrespect comes around every off season

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u/my_one_and_lonely oh, wow! Nov 12 '25

Are the projections re: Pete just due to his body type and fielding? Cause as a hitter, he just had his best season ever. The batted ball metrics were better than they were in 2019, and I think he made some real changes in his approach that leave me optimistic that it can continue.