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Mets Competing With Blue Jays For More Than Pete Alonso

The New York Mets and Toronto Blue Jays are showing interest in several of the same free agents.

Grant Young

Oct 18, 2024; New York City, New York, USA; New York Mets first baseman Pete Alonso (20) high-fives right fielder Starling Marte (6) after scoring during the fourth inning against the Los Angeles Dodgers during game five of the NLCS for the 2024 MLB playoffs at Citi Field. Mandatory Credit: Vincent Carchietta-Imagn Images
Oct 18, 2024; New York City, New York, USA; New York Mets first baseman Pete Alonso (20) high-fives right fielder Starling Marte (6) after scoring during the fourth inning against the Los Angeles Dodgers during game five of the NLCS for the 2024 MLB playoffs at Citi Field. Mandatory Credit: Vincent Carchietta-Imagn Images / Vincent Carchietta-Imagn Images
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It's no secret that the New York Mets and Toronto Blue Jays are among the few MLB teams that both make sense and have expressed interest in signing free agent slugger Pete Alonso.

Despite some reports from last week, it appears that the Mets are still speaking with Alonso on a potential deal. However, since the sides have been so far apart of late, New York has also shifted their focus toward other available players.

One such player is former Padres standout Jurickson Profar, who FanSided's MLB insider Robert Murray said, "is a player of interest to the Mets," in a January 16 article.

But the Mets aren't the only team that's interested in Profar. During a January 21 appearance on MLB Network's MLB Hot Stove show, MLB.com insider Mark Feinsand conveyed that the Blue Jays also have their eye on him.

"Pete Alonso is a guy they're still interested in," Feinsand said of the Blue Jays, per an X post from MLB Network. "Toronto is a team that could look at him on a shorter-term deal."

He later added, "Profar has got a number of teams that are interested. The Blue Jays are among them, the Astros are still looking for a corner outfielder... so I could see him being one of the next guys to fall."

Therefore, it seems like the Mets and Blue Jays will continue to be in direct competition for both Profar and Alonso's services as the offseason progresses.

Perhaps it may end up that if one team signs one of these sluggers, the other will scoop up whichever of them remains.

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Grant Young
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Grant Young covers the New York Mets and Women’s Basketball for Sports Illustrated’s ‘On SI’ sites. He holds an MFA degree in creative writing from the University of San Francisco, where he also played Division 1 baseball for five years. He believes Mark Teixeira should have been a first ballot MLB Hall of Fame inductee.

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