Pete Alonso returning to Mets on short-term deal: reports

The New York Mets are bringing backmost archetypal baseman Pete Alonso connected a two-year, $54 cardinal deal, according to aggregate reports. 

The woody reportedly comes with an opt-out aft 2025. The woody besides reportedly comes with a $10 cardinal signing bonus and a $20 cardinal wage for 2025, with a $24 cardinal subordinate enactment for 2026.

Alonso was the team’s second-round prime retired of the Florida Gators’ programme successful 2016, and he’s spent his archetypal six seasons hitting location runs (226), including a rookie grounds 53 that aided his Rookie of the Year resume successful 2019. He's besides made 4 All-Star teams, including each of the past three, and has a vocation .854 OPS. 

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Oct 8, 2024; New York City, New York, USA; New York Mets archetypal baseman Pete Alonso (20) reacts aft walking successful the sixth inning against the Philadelphia Phillies during crippled 3 of the NLDS for the 2024 MLB Playoffs astatine Citi Field. (Brad Penner-Imagn Images)

Alonso's uncertain instrumentality to the Mets was 1 of the most-discussed storylines of the MLB offseason. Team proprietor Steve Cohen expressed skepticism the squad would re-sign the prima sluggers during an quality astatine the Mets’ Amazin’ Day successful precocious January. 

There, Cohen said the negotiations with Alonso were going "worse" than they had with the team's offseason large offseason signing, Juan Soto. 

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Pete Alonso #20 of the New York Mets reacts aft flying retired to near tract to extremity the bottommost of the ninth inning against the San Francisco Giants astatine Citi Field connected May 25, 2024 successful New York City. (Mike Stobe/Getty Images)

"We’ve made a important connection to Pete, and, you know, what David said is correct. He’s entitled to spell retired and research his market," Cohen said. "That’s what he’s doing. Personally, this has been an exhausting speech and negotiation. I mean, Soto was tough. This is worse."

Still, Cohen ne'er ruled retired Alonso's return. 

"I volition ne'er accidental no. There’s ever the possibility. But the world is we’re moving forward, and we proceed to bring successful players. As we proceed to bring successful players, the world is it becomes harder to acceptable Pete into what is simply a precise costly radical of players that we already have. That’s wherever we are," Cohen said.

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New York Mets archetypal basal Pete Alonso (20) runs the bases aft hitting tally successful the sixth inning against the Philadelphia Phillies during crippled 2 of the NLDS for the 2024 MLB Playoffs astatine Citizens Bank Park.  (Kyle Ross-Imagn Images)

"I’m being brutally honest. I don’t similar the negotiations, I don’t similar what’s been presented to us, and possibly that changes. Certainly, I’ll ever enactment flexible. If it stays this way, I deliberation we’re going to person to get utilized to the information that we whitethorn person to spell guardant with the existing players that we have."

Now, Alonso is backmost successful Queens and volition beryllium paired with Soto for astatine slightest 1 season. 

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