Pete Alonso reportedly has Red Sox ‘high’ on his list of possible landing spots

Pete Alonso appears to see a doable match for him with the Purple Sox.

The All-Star first baseman has “instructed buddies” that he has the Purple Sox “excessive” on his record of doable locations in free company this offseason, The Boston Globe‘s Pete Abraham reported.

The Purple Sox have been linked to Alonso and have been speculated as a doable touchdown spot for the Mets slugger earlier than free company even started. However as signing Alonso would fill a pair of wants for the Purple Sox (a primary baseman and a right-handed hitter with energy), he additionally has ties to the Boston space. His spouse, Haley, grew up in Quincy as the 2 met throughout Alonso’s time enjoying within the Cape Cod Baseball League.

Alonso is extensively seen as one of many high free brokers on the open market this offseason. Alonso, who’ll flip 31 on Sunday, has hit not less than 30 homers in each season he’s been within the majors (outdoors of the COVID-shortened 2020 season). The 2025 season was really one in all Alonso’s finest, hitting .272 with a .871 OPS, an NL-leading 41 doubles, 38 house runs, and 126 RBIs.

Forward of the offseason, some thought Alonso’s sturdy 2025 season may need helped earn him the expensive long-term deal he’s hunted for a number of years. The Athletic, MLB Trade Rumors, and ESPN every predicted that Alonso would obtain a four- or five-year deal price almost $30 million per 12 months this offseason.

However Alonso’s market is probably not as sturdy as he’s hoping it could be. A member of an American League entrance workplace recently told the New York Post‘s Joel Sherman that Alonso could be “fortunate to get a 4[-year deal, and that would likely come with a lower AAV [average annual value] and a whopper of deferred {dollars}.”

Like Alex Bregman, Alonso can be represented by Scott Boras and went via a grueling free company course of final offseason. It was reported that Alonso was searching for a long-term deal price over $100 million in complete cash. He wound up settling for a two-year, $54 million cope with the Mets that included a participant possibility.

Signing Alonso would possible put the Purple Sox into the luxurious tax for subsequent 12 months earlier than accounting for some other strikes. Their projected payroll for 2026 at present sits round $226 million, per Red Sox Payroll on X, which is $18 million in need of the primary luxurious tax threshold.

Along with Alonso, the Purple Sox have been linked to Bregman, Kyle Schwarber, and Bo Bichette in free company forward of this week’s Winter Conferences.