I'm still on Alonso if they are going to try to add a power RH bat, especially at 3-4 years for $90-105m or thereabouts. I think he can fit on the roster and, with some creative lineup management, cycle Alonso(DH)/Devers(3B)/Casas(1B) through the DH spot.
Yoshida is obviously the conundrum here, but, even as someone who has argued that Roman is someone to make room on the roster for, I think they could afford to have him start in AAA, if necessary, and keep Yoshida in LF primarily, with some DH, until the deadline.
With what is left on his contract at that point, based on performance, he could be a tradable asset should Anthony force his way into the lineup by then.
To end on a real crazy note, since everyone wants to move Devers to DH as much as possible, and I'm not saying this would be a defensive upgrade, but could Alonso play 2/3 games a game a week at DH, 1-2 at 1B, and 0-1 at 3B!?
Here's a quote of his from the before times:
"Yeah, I played third base in high school and I mean in college, my freshmen year I played a couple of games at third, and then eventually it just turned into we needed a first baseman, and I’m just a corner guy. I think I got a pretty good arm, I’ve got an arm that can be effective at third base and I know that, I know that I have a pretty good arm for a first baseman, and a lot of people told me that’s pretty rare to see. And for me, it’s just making that transition pretty easy, it’s just understanding the game from the first base position because it’s a totally different game."
https://metsminors.net/peter-alonso-talks-playing-third-base-and-first-pro-experience/
It's an eternity ago and he's not known for being a great first baseman, but I think he may actually be adequate every once in a while to maybe once a week. Again, this obviously isn't ideal, but I'd much rather contrive roster machinations around Alonso than Bregman.
Campbell/Grissom can compete for time at 2B, ideally with the ability to back up multiple positions.
CF Duran
2B Campbell
3B Devers
DH Alonso
1B Casas
RF Abreu
SS Story
LF Yoshida/Anthony
C Wong/Narvaez/+?
I think that is a potentially brutal lineup for pitchers. Ceddanne as super sub.
I also think catcher is the position they could seem to upgrade defensively with more options.
Anyway, I don't want Bregman for any number of reasons already mentioned, including not wanting to force Devers to DH full-time before they really need to, which I still think is say two years off while slowly transitioning over time in an ideal scenario.