6 hours ago, Balta1701 said:

The season before he hit free agency, Prince Fielder put up a .981 OPS. For a 5 year period before hitting FA, he averaged a .951 OPS. 

He turned 28 in the first year of his new contract.

Last year, Pete Alonso put up a .788 OPS. He averaged an .854 OPS during his entire time with the Mets, and it was .804 the last 2 years so he's been trending downwards. 

Pete Alonso just turned 30 in December. 

The performance of these two players has never been anywhere close to each other, one guy seems to be trending downwards, and that guy is already 2 years older at the time of his contract.

If someone gives Pete 9 years, they get what they deserve 

4 minutes ago, southsider2k5 said:

If someone gives Pete 9 years, they get what they deserve 

Build the center of the field (C, SS, 2B, CF) and move outward from there....the White Sox always seem to manage to do the opposite (corner OF spots, 1B/DH) with defensively limited players at nearly every position around the diamond.