no one thought this. A bad defensive 1Bman entering his age 30 season? His last two have been slightly down, so maybe his projections have taken a slight hit, but mostly his skillset is the same. The Mets didn't even think that back in 2019 or they would've kept him in the minors another few weeks to control 2025. What surprises me is that so many teams already signed 1B elsewhere. I thought for sure there would be a front office or two that would've identified Mets-specific inefficiencies with Alonso's approach and found projected improvement in their organization. It's not like the bat speed or exit velocity has fallen off, he's just seemingly chosen to hack at different ones the last two years.
