It has to become difficult taking at-bats and fielding ground balls while constantly wondering if they're some of the last you'll take for the team you've always known.

That's been reality for New York Mets first baseman Pete Alonso for the last two years. After re-signing on a two-year "pillow contract" that he quickly opted out of this winter, the five-time All-Star will be looking for a longer commitment in free agency this winter than any teams was willing to give him a year ago.

There will be Mets fans out there who dread the idea of their team losing Alonso, and other fans will point to the slugger's improved statistics from a year ago as potential evidence that he'll get a better deal to stay in New York. But the opinion that matters the most by far is president of baseball operat

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