{"id":612432,"date":"2026-02-24T09:10:13","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T09:10:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/612432\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T09:10:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T09:10:13","slug":"pete-alonso-will-regret-leaving-mets-for-orioles-darryl-strawberry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/612432\/","title":{"rendered":"Pete Alonso will ‘regret’ leaving Mets for Orioles: Darryl Strawberry"},"content":{"rendered":"

PORT ST. LUCIE \u2014 Darryl Strawberry can\u2019t understand why the player who broke his Mets all-time home run record<\/a> left Queens.<\/p>\n

Pete Alonso, according to Strawberry, will regret leaving the Mets<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was really shocked that Pete would leave New York for Baltimore,\u201d Strawberry said Monday at spring training. \u201cPete could have broken all the records and could have been on top of every offensive category for this organization, and then sometimes when you don\u2019t see that and realize how important that is, one day he is going to wake up just like I did and regret you didn\u2019t stick where you are at.\u201d<\/p>\n

Strawberry, who left the Mets through free agency to join the Dodgers after the 1990 season, said Alonso \u2014 who received a five-year deal worth $155 million from the Orioles<\/a> \u2014 never should have opted out of his contract after last season. <\/p>\n

Alonso would have received $24 million this season from the Mets if he didn\u2019t opt out.<\/p>\n

Darryl Strawberry is pictured at the Mets\u2019 spring training session Feb. 23. Corey Sipkin for the NY Post<\/p>\n

After his opt-out, Alonso never received an offer from the Mets. <\/p>\n

According to sources, the team was expecting him to circle back after exploring the market, but the length of the Orioles offer made it a moot point.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe biggest mistake I saw was after they lost in Miami, he opted out,\u201d Strawberry said, referring to the Mets\u2019 final game last season. \u201cI think if he just waited and said, \u2018OK, I\u2019ll stay at that, but give me a four-year deal,\u2019 something like that, they could have worked it out.\u201d<\/p>\n

Strawberry was asked if the Mets should have fought harder to keep Alonso.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it\u2019s a combination,\u201d Strawberry said. \u201cI think they both could have fought harder in that situation.\u201d<\/p>\n

Alonso last season eclipsed Strawberry\u2019s franchise record of 252 homers. <\/p>\n

Darryl Strawberry is pictured at the Mets\u2019 spring training facility Feb. 23. Corey Sipkin for the NY Post<\/p>\n

Like Strawberry, he was a homegrown Mets player.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe worked his way up to become the player that he was,\u201d Strawberry said. \u201cHe deserved all the credit for that and what he accomplished. I just don\u2019t leave New York to go to Baltimore. Don\u2019t get me wrong; I am not getting on Baltimore. But I am saying, this is New York, come on. Baltimore is a good place, but it\u2019s not New York.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Strawberry, in camp until Friday as a guest instructor, said he\u2019s impressed with the new cast imported by president of baseball operations David Stearns. <\/p>\n

It\u2019s a retooled lineup that includes veterans Bo Bichette, Jorge Polanco and Marcus Semien. <\/p>\n

In addition to Alonso\u2019s departure, the Mets traded away Brandon Nimmo and Jeff McNeil.<\/p>\n

Darryl Strawberry speaking at Citi Field last season. Corey Sipkin for the NY POST<\/p>\n

The moves followed a season in which the Mets finished one victory short of the playoffs to complete a second-half meltdown.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat they have done is gotten more contact hitters, more guys that can put the ball in play, and there is nothing wrong with that because you have to be able to win games that you need to win,\u201d Strawberry said. \u201cLast year was a year I was heartbroken for them because all you had to do was win one game to get into the playoffs. If you can\u2019t win one game, something is wrong. Who are you going to blame? You can\u2019t blame the front office for that. It\u2019s the players that have got to get it done. Hopefully, this season will be different for them, and the fans will embrace what team they are trying to build.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Team owner Steve Cohen said last week the Mets won\u2019t appoint a captain as long as he owns the club<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Strawberry, who played for Mets teams that were captained by Keith Hernandez and Gary Carter, said he shares the view that an official team captain isn\u2019t important.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think people overanalyze that more than anything,\u201d Strawberry said. \u201cThey have got [Francisco] Lindor, [Juan] Soto, Marcus, Bo, guys that are veterans. These guys know how to play. They have played a lot of games \u2014 a lot of big games.\u201d<\/p>\n

Strawberry, 63, indicated his health has steadily improved following a second heart attack in less than two years.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have got so much more work to do,\u201d said Strawberry, who travels the country as part of his Christian ministry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PORT ST. LUCIE \u2014 Darryl Strawberry can\u2019t understand why the player who broke his Mets all-time home run…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":612433,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,33964,1266,405,403,1305,5226,5225,5228,5227,3687,62,170848,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":["post-612432","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-america","tag-darryl-strawberry","tag-mlb","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-new-york-mets","tag-newyork","tag-newyorkcity","tag-ny","tag-nyc","tag-pete-alonso","tag-sports","tag-spring-training","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-usa"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116124832587628513","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/612432","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=612432"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/612432\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/612433"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=612432"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=612432"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=612432"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}