NY Mets: Thoughts on a Tuesday

Hey loyal readers and blog subscribers. It’s me, MetsBloggerGurl. Hoping everyone is happy and healthy on this beautiful Tuesday afternoon.

Sometimes no news is considered good news. That’s the case when it comes to the Mets and Pete Alonso.

Entering this season, I was living in fear. I was alive but not living, to say it best.

Now that presumably Alonso, 29, will be hot on the Mets radar to sign during the 2024-2025 offseason, I feel the anticipation and fear suddenly dissolve.

For some of us, baseball is our religion, our relationship, and when someone gets traded away, it feels like our whole world has fallen apart with the ground ripped out from under us.

I belong to the roughly 12% of fans who when this happens, it impacts me physically and mentally for approximately 6 months to even a year or two.

This isn’t an actual proven factual statistic it’s simply a guess at a statistical estimate.

When Javier Baez wasn’t resigned, it cost me my previous journalism job and my mental health went downhill fast. I felt the depression physically in my chest.

If Pete were to slip away, I couldn’t say for certain my reaction or how often I’d post on this blog.

I would eventually come around, but, losing your hero to another team especially a rival is heartbreaking.

Alonso is a very likeable guy. His leadership atop excellent offfensive stats and passion alone would be so difficult to replace.

The argument of a power hitting first baseman in today’s market is easy to… all I hear is blah blah blah. I stop listening and reading once I see or hear that.

The Mets need Alonso for the rest of his career. Steve Cohen should make this a priority.