The New York Mets have a lot of decisions to make after a disastrous finish to the 2025 season.

The main decision is regarding first baseman Pete Alonso, who elected to test free agency. Alonso has anchored the Mets’ lineup since he broke into Major League Baseball with New York in 2019.

He won National League Rookie of the Year after crushing 53 home runs, 30 doubles and driving in 120 RBI with a .941 OPS in 161 games. Alonso has played 1,008 games as a Met and has 264 career homers with 712 RBI.

This past season, he was eighth in home runs (38) and second in RBI (126). The “Polar Bear” has been a fan favorite since he debuted, but Alonso wants to win, and the Mets have fallen short time and time again.

Alonso opted to test free agency last season as well, but when no other teams were interested in paying him, he returned to the Mets on a two-year, $54 million deal. ESPN’s Kiley McDaniel predicts Alonso’s next contract will run for four years, $110 million ($27.5 million AAV).

“Alonso's baserunning and defensive metrics continue to regress, almost entirely due to his range; some evaluators think he should be a primary DH going forward, which would hurt his long-term value. There's some of the Schwarber logic here -- everyone in baseball would like to have Alonso for the next few seasons, but then the interest gets more mixed around season three or four,” McDaniel wrote Thursday. “I could see some teams offering a fifth year, but for a number about half of the AAV listed above, so something more like $120-125 million guaranteed. The industry values a left-handed bat (Schwarber) more than a right-handed one (Alonso), so that combined with Schwarber's better 2025 numbers makes up for him being older than Alonso. I think all that adds up to Schwarber securing a bigger guarantee than Alonso, but it might be quite close.”

Losing Alonso would leave a huge hole at one of the most underrated and important positions in baseball, but there are options out there, specifically first baseman/outfielder Cody Bellinger.

If Alonso doesn’t re-sign, Mets fans shouldn’t panic. After all, owner Steve Cohen is made of money and will buy whoever he can to build a winner. He dished out a $765 million contract to Juan Soto last winter, so he is no stranger to paying large sums of money.

Expect the Mets to try to bring Alonso back, but don’t be surprised if he signs elsewhere.