After signing Juan Soto to the richest contract in sports history, people familiar with the New York Mets’ thinking about filling roster holes said the club plans to act “aggressively yet smart.”
Such phrasing suggests the Mets will take their shots with some of the talent available on the market but may want to avoid being tied to another long contract. So it would seem their preference, even in some cases with large annual average values, would be to go short-term.
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That might mean the Mets prefer homegrown star Pete Alonso to return on a shorter deal rather than conceding entirely if Alonso’s desired figures run on the long end. That might mean a reluctance to go
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