{"id":39623,"date":"2025-04-09T07:19:54","date_gmt":"2025-04-09T07:19:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=39623"},"modified":"2025-04-09T07:19:54","modified_gmt":"2025-04-09T07:19:54","slug":"breaking-red-sox-urged-to-sign-174-million-slugger-as-vladimir-guerrero-jr-pivot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=39623","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Red Sox Urged To Sign $174 Million Slugger As Vladimir Guerrero Jr. Pivot"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Boston Red Sox were likely going to be one of the top teams in the Vladimir Guerrero Jr. free agency sweepstakes next winter, but the Toronto Blue Jays shut that idea down by agreeing to a massive $500 million contract extension to take Guerrero off the market.<\/p>\n<p>FanSided&#8217;s Chris Landers recently predicted the Red Sox\u00a0could pivot from Guerrero\u00a0to New York Mets first baseman Pete Alonso next offseason. Alonso has a $24 million player option for 2026 that he&#8217;s likely to decline in order to head back to free agency.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"imageBox\">\n<div class=\"innerBox ar23-innerBox\"><picture class=\"mapping-embed\"><source srcset=\"https:\/\/d.newsweek.com\/en\/full\/2622850\/new-york-mets-first-baseman-pete-alonso.webp?w=790&amp;f=526a52f056d892fe9396134947c01cf8 1x\" type=\"image\/webp\" media=\"(min-width: 992px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/d.newsweek.com\/en\/full\/2622850\/new-york-mets-first-baseman-pete-alonso.jpg?w=790&amp;f=526a52f056d892fe9396134947c01cf8 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"(min-width: 992px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/d.newsweek.com\/en\/full\/2622850\/new-york-mets-first-baseman-pete-alonso.webp?w=900&amp;f=297163880647aa0bfccdfff3bcfbdee2 1x\" type=\"image\/webp\" media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/d.newsweek.com\/en\/full\/2622850\/new-york-mets-first-baseman-pete-alonso.jpg?w=900&amp;f=297163880647aa0bfccdfff3bcfbdee2 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/d.newsweek.com\/en\/full\/2622850\/new-york-mets-first-baseman-pete-alonso.webp?w=790&amp;f=526a52f056d892fe9396134947c01cf8 1x\" type=\"image\/webp\" media=\"(min-width: 481px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/d.newsweek.com\/en\/full\/2622850\/new-york-mets-first-baseman-pete-alonso.jpg?w=790&amp;f=526a52f056d892fe9396134947c01cf8 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"(min-width: 481px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/d.newsweek.com\/en\/full\/2622850\/new-york-mets-first-baseman-pete-alonso.webp?w=450&amp;f=5cdef056cb2a1fb73241420b32aced72 1x\" type=\"image\/webp\" media=\"(min-width: 0px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/d.newsweek.com\/en\/full\/2622850\/new-york-mets-first-baseman-pete-alonso.jpg?w=450&amp;f=5cdef056cb2a1fb73241420b32aced72 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"(min-width: 0px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/d.newsweek.com\/en\/full\/2622850\/new-york-mets-first-baseman-pete-alonso.webp?w=1200&amp;f=b7c7fbbbc49f4c4f4b9e16cf231548f9\" type=\"image\/webp\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i2622850\" class=\"mapping-embed imgPhoto\" src=\"https:\/\/d.newsweek.com\/en\/full\/2622850\/new-york-mets-first-baseman-pete-alonso.jpg?w=1200&amp;f=b7c7fbbbc49f4c4f4b9e16cf231548f9\" alt=\"New York Mets first baseman Pete Alonso\" width=\"1200\" height=\"804\" \/><\/picture><\/div><figcaption class=\"caption ar23-caption\"><span id=\"short-cap-description\" class=\"cap\">NEW YORK, NEW YORK &#8211; APRIL 06: Pete Alonso #20 of the New York Mets singles in a run in the fourth inning against Bowden Francis #44 of the Toronto Blue Jays during their game&#8230;<\/span>\u00a0<button id=\"read-more-cap\">More<\/button>\u00a0<span class=\"credit ar23-credit\">Al Bello\/Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;Alonso isn&#8217;t in Vladdy&#8217;s tier as a player, both because of his declining offensive profile and because he&#8217;s already on the wrong side of 30,&#8221; Landers wrote. &#8220;But he&#8217;s still got plenty of juice left in the bat, as he&#8217;s proven with a torrid start to 2025. He&#8217;s also a perfect fit for Fenway, peppering balls off the Monster while still having enough power to use all fields.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The presence of Kyle Schwarber, Marcell Ozuna, and maybe even Cody Bellinger or Luis Arraez could dampen that, though, and the league still doesn&#8217;t figure to be thrilled by the idea of a long-term deal for a player who will be 31 in December and was never particularly athletic to begin with. The Sox could get Alonso for a relative bargain, getting another 40 homers out of him before pivoting elsewhere down the line.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Red Sox don&#8217;t necessarily need a first baseman right now as the position is taken up by youngster Triston Casas. Casas is struggling mightily this season, but he still appears to be Boston&#8217;s franchise first baseman &#8212; unless the Red Sox trade him in a huge deal to bring in a star pitcher.<\/p>\n<p>If Casas is moved, it makes a lot more sense for the Red Sox to pursue Alonso, who&#8217;s projected to sign for a\u00a0staggering $174 million\u00a0according to Spotrac. The idea that they would pursue Guerrero existed simply because the Blue Jays slugger is a can&#8217;t-miss talent in the prime of his career. Alonso isn&#8217;t in that same tier of player, so it might not make sense for Boston to pursue him if it still has Casas on the roster.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Boston Red Sox were likely going to be one of the top teams in the Vladimir Guerrero Jr. free agency sweepstakes next winter, but the Toronto&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":39624,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39623","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>BREAKING: Red Sox Urged To Sign $174 Million Slugger As Vladimir Guerrero Jr. Pivot - 24\/7 News America<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=39623\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"BREAKING: Red Sox Urged To Sign $174 Million Slugger As Vladimir Guerrero Jr. Pivot - 24\/7 News America\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Boston Red Sox were likely going to be one of the top teams in the Vladimir Guerrero Jr. free agency sweepstakes next winter, but the Toronto...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=39623\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"24\/7 News America\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-04-09T07:19:54+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/new-york-mets-first-baseman-pete-alonso.webp\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"790\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"529\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/webp\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=39623\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=39623\",\"name\":\"BREAKING: Red Sox Urged To Sign $174 Million Slugger As Vladimir Guerrero Jr. Pivot - 24\/7 News America\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=39623#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=39623#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/new-york-mets-first-baseman-pete-alonso.webp\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-04-09T07:19:54+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-04-09T07:19:54+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/4fd584257b8aaef08c4e2bc73ee6a914\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=39623#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=39623\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=39623#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/new-york-mets-first-baseman-pete-alonso.webp\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/new-york-mets-first-baseman-pete-alonso.webp\",\"width\":790,\"height\":529},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=39623#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"BREAKING: Red Sox Urged To Sign $174 Million Slugger As Vladimir Guerrero Jr. Pivot\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/\",\"name\":\"24\/7 News America\",\"description\":\"Breaking Stories, Real Insights&quot;\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/4fd584257b8aaef08c4e2bc73ee6a914\",\"name\":\"Admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ab07af1f129ef9c67f3a58e6273eac4d8eb51a1cb066ea995eb6d5f03eceb61b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ab07af1f129ef9c67f3a58e6273eac4d8eb51a1cb066ea995eb6d5f03eceb61b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Admin\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?author=2\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"BREAKING: Red Sox Urged To Sign $174 Million Slugger As Vladimir Guerrero Jr. Pivot - 24\/7 News America","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=39623","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"BREAKING: Red Sox Urged To Sign $174 Million Slugger As Vladimir Guerrero Jr. Pivot - 24\/7 News America","og_description":"The Boston Red Sox were likely going to be one of the top teams in the Vladimir Guerrero Jr. free agency sweepstakes next winter, but the Toronto...","og_url":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=39623","og_site_name":"24\/7 News America","article_published_time":"2025-04-09T07:19:54+00:00","og_image":[{"width":790,"height":529,"url":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/new-york-mets-first-baseman-pete-alonso.webp","type":"image\/webp"}],"author":"Admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Admin","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=39623","url":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=39623","name":"BREAKING: Red Sox Urged To Sign $174 Million Slugger As Vladimir Guerrero Jr. Pivot - 24\/7 News America","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=39623#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=39623#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/new-york-mets-first-baseman-pete-alonso.webp","datePublished":"2025-04-09T07:19:54+00:00","dateModified":"2025-04-09T07:19:54+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/4fd584257b8aaef08c4e2bc73ee6a914"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=39623#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=39623"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=39623#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/new-york-mets-first-baseman-pete-alonso.webp","contentUrl":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/new-york-mets-first-baseman-pete-alonso.webp","width":790,"height":529},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=39623#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"BREAKING: Red Sox Urged To Sign $174 Million Slugger As Vladimir Guerrero Jr. Pivot"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/","name":"24\/7 News America","description":"Breaking Stories, Real Insights&quot;","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/4fd584257b8aaef08c4e2bc73ee6a914","name":"Admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ab07af1f129ef9c67f3a58e6273eac4d8eb51a1cb066ea995eb6d5f03eceb61b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ab07af1f129ef9c67f3a58e6273eac4d8eb51a1cb066ea995eb6d5f03eceb61b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Admin"},"url":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?author=2"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39623","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=39623"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39623\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39625,"href":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39623\/revisions\/39625"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/39624"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=39623"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=39623"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=39623"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}