Keith Hernandez left speechless by Pete Alonsos…
The Mets’ offseason has left one of the franchise’s legends almost “speechless.”
Keith Hernandez joined “SportsNite” on SNY to focus on the state of the group after Pete Alonso left for the Orioles on a five-year, $155 million contract on Wednesday.
The slugger’s departure comes after Brandon Nimmo was traded to the Rangers in November and Edwin Díaz agreed to a three-year, $69 million deal with the Dodgers this week.
Hernandez, a Mets broadcaster who has his quantity retired by the staff, said the adjustments this offseason really feel unprecedented.
“I’m a little bit speechless,” he said. “This is very explosive. In the years that I’ve been with the Mets, I have not seen this kind of moving in a new direction, I guess. It is definite — it is profound.”
“I’m a little bit speechless. This is very explosive. In the years that I’ve been with the Mets, I have not seen this kind of moving in a new direction, I guess. It is profound.”Keith Hernandez joins @emacSNY on SportsNite to focus on Pete Alonso signing a five-year deal with… pic.twitter.com/LImX1uRRfx— SNY Mets (@SNY_Mets) December 11, 2025
Pete Alonso agreed to a deal with the Orioles on Dec. 10, 2025. Charles Wenzelberg / New York Post
After the Mets’ months-long collapse that noticed them fall short of making the playoffs, president of baseball operations David Stearns made it abundantly clear that the staff needed to focus on getting better at “run prevention” — that means they needed to shore up the protection and pitching employees.
“It’s going to be defense and also pitching,” Hernandez said about the staff’s new direction. “I always look to the ’69 Mets when you have a team that won a world championship with great pitching and didn’t have a great offense… not by any stretch of the imagination.”
The Mets did get second baseman Marcus Semien, who is well-regarded for his up-the-middle protection, in the Nimmo commerce, but they’ll have holes to fill at first base and left discipline. On top of that, they still have questions to work out in their pitching employees.
Retired New York Mets Keith Hernandez and John Franco throw out the first pitch before Game 3 of the NLDS against the Philadelphia Phillies at Citi Field on Oct. 8, 2024. Corey Sipkin for the NY POST
Owner Steve Cohen told The Post’s Jon Heyman that he understands the followers’ frustration over dropping three beloved gamers, though he had some optimism about placing together a profitable ballclub.
“I totally understand the fans’ reaction,” Cohen texted Heyman. “There is lots of offseason left to put a playoff team on the field.”
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