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Former MLB Acting GM | 4x World Series Champion | Four Rings Consulting | I write Under Review on the calls you can't take back | Baseball Rep @PBISports

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Why wouldn't the Mets want Pete Alonso? That is how the question always gets framed, and it is the wrong question. They wanted him. That was never the hard part. The decision was about years three, four, five. That is where a long deal for a first baseman in his thirties either holds up or turns into something you carry into every move you make after it. Everyone argues year one, because year one is the one you can see. The commitment lives in the back half, where nobody's forecast is any good.

Why wouldn't the Mets want Pete Alonso? That is how the question always gets framed, and it is the wrong question. They wanted him. That was never the hard part. The decision was about years three, four, five. That is where a long deal for a first baseman in his thirties either holds up or turns into something you carry into every move you make after it. Everyone argues year one, because year one is the one you can see. The commitment lives in the back half, where nobody's forecast is any good.

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Everyone still brings up the Pete Crow-Armstrong trade. He's a star, and I moved him. Easy version: I misjudged him. I did. But the real miss is that we were in a pennant race, and the pull to "do something big" moved me off the discipline I'd usually hold. A better scouting report doesn't fix that. Building the decision so the urge to act doesn't set the terms does. I own it.

Everyone still brings up the Pete Crow-Armstrong trade. He's a star, and I moved him. Easy version: I misjudged him. I did. But the real miss is that we were in a pennant race, and the pull to "do something big" moved me off the discipline I'd usually hold. A better scouting report doesn't fix that. Building the decision so the urge to act doesn't set the terms does. I own it.

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Before we signed David Price, I wrote the analysis that went to ownership. It said there was a 30% chance that he would be worth the money we were offering. We signed him anyway. He helped us win a World Series. Our roster's construction at the time allowed us to take that tremendous risk.

Before we signed David Price, I wrote the analysis that went to ownership. It said there was a 30% chance that he would be worth the money we were offering. We signed him anyway. He helped us win a World Series. Our roster's construction at the time allowed us to take that tremendous risk.

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