"Better than Alex Bregman, Pete Alonso lineup" - Mets pundit claims 30-year-old All-Star free agent with Juan Soto, Francisco Lindor has more impact

The New York Mets have most of their batting lineup sorted for the 2025 season but Steve Cohen's side could possibly have one last push left in them. With speculations of wanting to add Alex Bregman and Pete Alonso, they could pivot to a slightly different option.

As per Ryan Finkelstein on the "Locked on Mets" podcast, New York could bolster their already hard-hitting lineup if they pursue outfielder Anthony Santander. The former Oriole hit 44 home runs last season driving in 102 runs. He and Teoscar Hernandez have been the pick of the free-agent outfield options.

Finkelstein listed a top six with Santander and Alonso as the free agency additions left to sign. That to him would do better than an Alonso and Alex Bregman twin signing.

"Let’s just dream for half of a second here. Imagine this is your lineup: you go Francisco Lindor, Juan Soto, Pete Alonzo, Anthony Santander, Mark Vientos, Brandon Nimmo as your one through six. That’s better than an Alex Bregman, Pete Alonso lineup. It is offensively nuts.

"I mean, you’re talking about Lindor and Soto leading off for you, and then you have three guys that can hit 40 bombs for you in Alonso, Santander, and Vientos. You can line those guys up however you really want to. So if Lindor and Soto both get on, you get three cracks at a three-run homer. To me, that is just insane," Finkelstein said. [12:10]

Anthony Santander's distinguishing factor from Teoscar Hernandez in same role

Like Anthony Santander, Teoscar Hernandez could also possibly slot in the DH role. However, as per Finkelstein, Santander's switch-hitting abilities could be used better as Teo is an out-and-out right-handed hitter.

"Similar build you have teoscar Hernandez now the difference is tasar Hernandez is not a switch hitter he's right-handed. The Mets are already pretty righty heavy especially if they bring Pete back so you are running into that if that is an issue," Finkelstein said. [13:20]

Anthony Santander is expected to garner a five to six-year contract, worth the nine-figure mark. In that case, the Mets' pursuit of him will solely be dependent on whether they are likely to take on other fairly long-term outfielder contracts. Getting both Pete Alonso and Santander might be tough looking at how the offseason has panned out this season, but Steve Cohen continues to surprise.