Marlins rivals can bring back a power slugger

Merry Christmas if you celebrate it! Miami Marlins rivals have been having an interesting off-season. They made a big splash, but can't seem to make the right additions for their rotation. It's a bizarre situation in my view. Why can't the New York Mets flex their financial muscle and add much-needed aces to that staff. It's definitely not a situation that I completely understand. They still have a major free agent left: first baseman Pete Alonso.

Could the Miami Marlins rivals bring back Pete Alonso?

Pete Alonso is an elite power-hitting first baseman, but with Scott Boras as his agent, he definitely is not the first choice for many teams. There is definite concern over his future ability and a potential decline. At least it certainly looks like it to me as his market has been perhaps surprisingly quiet.

It seems that all of the first base needy teams have moved on. The New York Yankees signed Paul Goldschmidt; the Houston Astros have signed Christian Walker; the Cleveland Guardians traded Josh Naylor to the Arizona Diamondbacks and signed Carlos Santana to replace him. This effectively takes out the Bronx Bombers, Houston, Cleveland and Arizona from pursuing Pete Alonso.

The Washington Nationals moved on as well. We can sadly rule out the Miami Marlins from paying for Alonso. We can also rule out the Athletics, the Pittsburgh Pirates, the Kansas City Royals, the Chicago White Sox, the Tampa Bay Rays, the Milwaukee Brewers, the Cincinnati Reds and the Minnesota Twins from paying for him.

Want more? The Los Angeles Dodgers, the Philadelphia Phillies, the Texas Rangers, the Boston Red Sox, the Chicago Cubs and the Atlanta Braves simply have no room for him. The Seattle Mariners and the San Diego Padres almost certainly can't afford him, and the Baltimore Orioles and the Detroit Tigers don't look willing to spend. The St. Louis Cardinals and the Colorado Rockies are in the sama eboat with that. The Los Angeles Angels seem set as well.

The Toronto Blue Jays have no real room, but could sign him as a DH for a year just to add that big bat that they need. The San Francisco Giants surely should be in the mix for the same reason, and there's finally the New York Mets. One of those three teams is likely to end up with Pete Alonso.