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6. San Francisco Giants (80-82)

Current 1B situation: LaMonte Wade Jr., Wilmer Flores and finally Bryce Eldridge

For all the talk about the Giants dumping players like Aaron Judge, Carlos Correa, Shohei Ohtani and Yoshinobu Yamamoto in recent offseasons, they spent significantly more than any team other than the Dodgers last winter and more than agreed to contracts worth $320 million in free agency for Jung Hoo Lee, Blake Snell, Matt Chapman and more.

Yet even after agreeing to a $151 million contract extension with Chapman last month, they were able to find room in the budget to add Alonso thanks to the departure of Jorge Soler in July, the axing of Michael Conforto's $18 million- Salary and inevitable from Snell declines his player option for next season.

Do they even want or need to add Alonso?

Both Wade and Flores are in their final year before hitting free agency, but 2023 first-round pick Eldridge could be the answer sooner rather than later. Aside from Jac Caglianone, Kansas City's No. 6 overall pick in 2024, Eldridge is the highest-rated first base prospect according to MLB.com. He just turned 20 this month and probably won't make the 2025 Opening Day roster, but he probably will be ready next spring.

That's enough to keep the Giants out of the top five here, even if it's otherwise logical for a franchise that has spent the last two decades searching for a legitimate slugger (and regularly being outbid).

5. New York Yankees (94-68)

Current 1B situation: Ben Rice, Jon Berti, Oswaldo Cabrera and DJ LeMahieu

After Anthony Rizzo's poor start and his subsequent 2.5-month stint on the IL, first base became something of an “all hands on deck” situation for the Yankees. And since it appears highly unlikely that they will exercise their $17 million club option to bring Rizzo back in 2025, finding a solution at first base is certainly on New York's winter to-do list.

However, whether they will go through with Alonso will likely depend on whether they can re-sign Juan Soto – which certainly seems the most likely outcome.

But what if they call Gerrit Cole's bluff and let him go?

For most of the season, we assumed Cole would opt out of the final four years of his contract to force the Yankees to add another $36 million season to the end of the deal. But if he triggers the opt-out, it essentially becomes a question of whether they want the 34-year-old Cole for five years at $180 million or the 30-year-old Alonso for six years at the same price.

Should they take the latter route, it would certainly be a scary few years, with Alonso, Soto, Aaron Judge and Giancarlo Stanton at the heart of the order, not to mention Austin Wells, Jazz Chisholm Jr. and Jasson Domínguez.