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Over the last several months, a lot has been said about the New York Mets front office allowing their "core" players to get away during this past off season, specifically, Jeff McNeil, Brandon Nimmo, Edwin Diaz, and, of course, Pete Alonso. And now there has emerged a statement attributed to Pete Alonso where he said to David Stearns during the 2025 offseason, “When my career is being evaluated for the Hall of Fame years from now, you’ll still be fiddling with your fucking formulas.”
If I liked Pete Alonso before, I love him now. Because I think everyone would love to have the opportunity to put someone in their place…that someone who believes THEY know more than anyone else in the room, that they know more than people who grew up in the game and understand HOW the game is actually played…or SHOULD be played.
Because all of this analytics CRAP has been ruining the game and has been the ruination of players.
Alan Karmin is an award-winning journalist and author. He was born in Brooklyn, New York and spent most of his life growing up in the New Jersey suburbs. Alan's family were avid Brooklyn Dodgers fans and when the Dodgers moved west, the Mets became the team to root for. The Mets have always been a true focal point, Alan even wrote a term paper in high school to analyze what was wrong with the Mets. While at the University of Miami, Alan honed his craft covering the, gulp, Yankees during spring trainings in Fort Lauderdale for a local NBC affiliate, as well as the Associated Press and UPI. He broadcasted baseball games for the University of Miami, and spring training games for the Baltimore Orioles and Montreal Expos. New York Mets Mania is a forum for Alan to write about his favorite team and for baseball fans to chime in and provide their thoughts and ideas about New York's Amazin' Mets.
