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Message: [QUOTE="lavuuk153, post: 5103148, member: 771"] Alonso for me comes down to how much money Cohen wants to spend this year. If the budget is still 300M, then I don't overly care if he wants to overpay him. If the team is staying near the luxury tax and is closer to 230M then I think there are better ways to allocate the funds. I'd also let him go out and test FA and ask him to come back with his best offer. If it's 8/240, then wish him well. If it's 6/150 then sure bring him back. I took a look at an article in the Athletic that ranks FA and gives a contract prediction. A few of them and my thoughts. 1. Soto 15/622 - Yes. HoF talents don't hit FA going into their age 26 season. 2. Burnes 7/247 - Probably yes...that feels steep but if they want an ace this seems like the way to go 3. Fried 6/174 - Depends on how his medicals check out but I don't hate this. 4. Alonso 7/204 - I don't think he's worth this and wouldn't be upset if the Mets passed. 5. Snell 3/105 - I love this type of deal. If Snell pitches a full season, he's a Cy Young threat. A bit of a gamble but only 3 years. 6. Manaea and Flaherty 3/68 - putting both here because the prediction is the same. I like both of these. Semi-related, but I'd give the QO to Alonso, Manaea, and Severino. I don't think Severino is really worth the 21M or so but for 1 year it's fine and if he declines we get a pick back and, again, an overpay of a few million isn't going to hurt Cohen. He paid like 15M total to two catchers who aren't here anymore, not to mention Verlander and Scherzer. [/QUOTE]

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