Pete Alonso isn’t bitter. He’s not throwing darts at the Mets on his way out the door. But when he spoke recently with former teammate Todd Frazier on Foul Territory, you could hear something just beneath the surface-something that sounded a lot like unfinished business.
Alonso, now with the Orioles, talked about the Mets’ decision to move on from him this offseason with a sense of calm and clarity. No edge, no drama. Just a player who understands the business side of baseball, even if that understanding doesn’t make the goodbye any easier.
“It’s their business decision,” Alonso said. “I don’t take it personally.”
That line was delivered like a veteran who’s seen enough to know how this game works. But the more Alonso talked, the more it became clear this wasn’t just a clean break. This was complicated.
When Frazier brought up the departures of Alonso, Edwin Díaz, and Brandon Nimmo, Alonso didn’t shy away. He pointed to the 2025 season-a year that came down to a single game.
A team ravaged by injuries, especially on the mound, still managed to hang around the playoff picture until the very end. And that stuck with him.
In Alonso’s eyes, the Mets weren’t a failure. They were a team that never got the chance to show what they really were.
The full picture never came together. And that’s the part that lingers.
“I don’t want to go down that rabbit hole,” he said, catching himself before the conversation went too deep into what-ifs and could-have-beens.
Still, the message was clear. Alonso didn’t say the Mets gave up on the roster, but he kept circling back to the front office’s philosophy under David Stearns.
He acknowledged the business side of it all, but you could tell-this wasn’t just a numbers decision to him. It was personal, even if he wouldn’t say so outright.
Frazier picked up on it too. After the interview, he noted the emotional undercurrent. There was something unresolved there, even if Alonso chose not to dwell on it.
“When it came down to the true negotiating point,” Alonso said, “it just wasn’t going to happen.”
That’s how it ends sometimes. Not with a blow-up, not with a headline-grabbing quote, but with a quiet acknowledgment that both sides weren’t aligned anymore.
For seven seasons, Alonso was the Mets’ rock. Through rebuilds, retools, and playoff pushes, he was the constant in the middle of the lineup.
And now, after all that, it’s over.
But Alonso’s not looking back with regret-at least not publicly. He’s focused on Baltimore now, where he says he felt wanted right from the jump. He talked about the Orioles’ vision, the clarity in their pitch, and the feeling that he was being brought in for more than just his bat.
It’s a new chapter, and Alonso seems ready for it. But if you listened closely to that interview, you could hear it: the Mets weren’t far off.
And that’s what makes this part sting a little more. Sometimes, even when you understand the decision, it still doesn’t sit quite right.