The man who bestowed the Polar Bear nickname on Pete Alonso is feeling frosty.
Former Mets third baseman Todd Frazier ripped his old team for parting ways with three of their longest-tenured stars in recent weeks.
This week, the Mets saw Alonso, their longtime slugger, bolt for a five-year pact with the Orioles, and superstar closer Edwin Diaz join the back-to-back World Series champion Dodgers.
New York also traded fan-favorite outfielder Brandon Nimmo to the Rangers for Marcus Semien in November.
“I’m confused, you sign Juan Soto to a monster deal, but that should’ve been your top priority to get these guys back,” Frazier said Thursday on “Foul Territory.”
Aside from inking former Yankees closer Devin Williams to a three-year contract, the Mets have not made any major moves, and they must plug several holes to compensate for the high-profile departures.
“There’s not that many players out there that have the ability of what Pete Alonso can do in a baseball game,” Frazier said. “Edwin Diaz one of the best closers we’ve seen in our generation. Brandon Nimmo, is solid as all can be.
“Those are three guys any team would take in a heartbeat.“
After the Mets’ collapse in 2025 in which the team failed to make the playoffs, president of baseball operations David Stearns firmly stated that “running back the exact same group wasn’t the right thing to do.”
In the wake of Alonso and Diaz’s departures, owner Steve Cohen told noti.group’s Jon Heyman in a text message “there’s a lot of offseason left to put a team on the field.”
However, Frazier disputed the logic in breaking up the core over one disappointing season.
“All right, now you’re not all in, now what are you gonna do?” Frazier asked. “What is the next step for the Mets? There’s not that many out there.
“Guess what, those guys have gotta say, ‘You know what, I’ll come there.’ But who would want to go there now knowing what they do?”
[Notigroup Newsroom in collaboration with other media outlets, with information from the following sources]
