Jesse Winker got to a Mets team in late July that had been hovering around .500 for most of the season. By the end of the year, the Mets came within two wins of the World Series. The 31-year-old Winker is back with the Mets on a one-year deal worth up to $9 million,
New York Mets are no longer pursuing Pete Alonso, with the Los Angeles Angels emerging as a strong candidate. MLB Analyst Noah Camras suggests a poten
The Toronto Blue Jays could potentially follow up their addition of Anthony Santander by signing first baseman Pete Alonso.
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
During a Tuesday appearance on the SNY "Mets Hot Stove" program, MLB Network analyst Jim Duquette indicated that the Blue Jays are no longer a realistic option for Alonso unless he decides he doesn't want to return to the New York Mets this winter.
The Toronto Blue Jays had been a considered a leading destination for free agent slugger Pete Alonso until they signed Anthony Santander on Monday.
The Mets made what they perceived as a last-ditch effort to sign Pete Alonso and when that was rejected began their pivot away from their slugging first baseman, The Post has learned.
Despite David Stearns and Mets owner Steve Cohen's words of praise toward Pete Alonso, the destination of the first baseman remains open-ended.
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.
Winker, 31, said he expects to fill a “very similar” role to the one he played last year for the Mets, who alternated him between right field, left field and designated hitter after acquiring him in a late-July trade with the Washington Nationals.
Pete Alonso remains unsigned and as spring training approaches, he may end up signing a less lucrative deal and try his luck in free agency again next. If that is the case, a surprise American League team could land him.