With negotiations with homegrown slugger Pete Alonso stalled, the Mets appeared to have moved on to Plan B, signing a top-tier reliever (left-hander A.J. Minter) and bringing back Winker.
Pete Alonso's room for maneuver to negotiate a return to the New York Mets is getting narrower and narrower, and the current circumstances suggest that he would have to give in to
The New York Mets are still interested in a reunion with Pete Alonso, but there appears to be another team in the mix, according to former GM Jim Duquette.
That was the basis of Kansas City Royals first baseman Vinnie Pasquantino’s argument on “The Chris Rose Rotation” on Monday. The 27-year-old pointed to slugger Pete Alonso as an example of a first baseman undervalued by his former team, the New York Mets.
Alonso remains on the market, and the longer this saga goes on, the less likely it is that he finds another team willing to shell out the sort of nine-figure contract he expected at the start of the offseason.
A potential free agent option for the New York Mets, outfielder Anthony Santander, agreed to a five-year, $92.5 million deal, with the Toronto Blue Jays on Mond
“The Pete Alonso sweepstakes have taken many twists and turns this offseason, perhaps none more so than on Thursday when reports surfaced that the slugger was increasingly unlikely to return to the New York Mets,” Fansided MLB insider Robert Murray wrote recently.
During an appearance on the “The Chris Rose Rotation” podcast Monday, the Richmond native purported that Billy Beane’s prized stat undervalues his breed — first basemen — and that the Mets front office should look past Pete Alonso’s career 3.8 average and at everything else he brings to the table.
New York Mets star Jef McNeil is baffled that Pete Alonso still has not been signed in free agency. The superstar slugger was expected to be among the top
MLB star Pete Alonso's future remains uncertain as he rejects a three-year, $68-$70 million deal from the New York Mets and a $50 million offer from the Los Angeles Angels. Fans are divided, with some urging the Mets to move on and focus on new talent,
The New York Mets were tied to a stout first baseman to replace Pete Alonso in a recent mock trade. Newsweek’s Drew VonScio recently formulated a mock deal that would send Baltimore Orioles slugger Ryan Mountcastle to the Mets in exchange for righty Jose Butto and valued prospect Dom Hamel. VonScio said this about the deal: