David Stearns addresses factors that will impact Mets’ Pete Alonso decision

For the second straight year, the New York Mets declined to lock Pete Alonso down via a multi-year agreement before the first baseman reached free agency.  While speaking with reporters at the MLB general managers’ meetings in Las Vegas on Tuesday, Mets president of baseball operations David Stearns addressed the factors that will impact the final offer made to Alonso’s camp during the offseason.  “All parts of player contribution inform how we view the player,” Stearns explained, per Phillip Martinez of SNY. “For a position player, that’s certainly going to include offense and what they do in the box and what they do defensively. It also includes what they mean to us off the field, what they meant to us in the clubhouse and in the community. All that gets factored in with every player, and Pete’s no different.” Stearns’ comments from earlier this fall about the Mets needing to improve their “run prevention” after the club missed the playoffs this year left many assuming he wants to find a defensive upgradeRead More