Mets owner Steve Cohen got real on the failed negotiation talks with free agent !B and former Met Pete Alonso.
There were several intriguing moments from the New York Mets' January 25 Amazin' Day fan fest event at Citi Field. However, the most compelling was surely what
During a panel at the event, as the crowd broke out into chants of "We want Pete" and "Pete Alonso," Cohen got "brutally honest" about the process. The owner said that the Mets had made a "significant" offer to Alonso, but that negotiations had felt lopsided.
As New York Mets fans chanted “We Want Pete,” team owner Steve Cohen addressed the negotiations with free agent Pete Alonso.
Just before Mets owner Steve Cohen answered a question about where things stand with Alonso, a homegrown star and free agent first baseman, during a panel discussion, a spirited crowd began chanting, “Let’s Sign Pete! Let’s sign Pete! Let’s sign Pete!”
Many Mets fans attempted to send a message to the front office about Pete Alonso. The front office redirected the message to Scott Boras.
This was a recurring theme throughout SNY broadcaster Gary Cohen’s conversation with the Mets’ leadership. Later, after Stearns repeated how much the team loves Alonso, their homegrown, free agent first baseman, Stearns expressed that they “also feel really good about the young players that are coming through (the) system.”
New York Mets owner Steve Cohen announced the team's decision to move on from Pete Alonso and explore other free agents, citing unsatisfactory contrac
Reports had surfaced in mid-January that Alonso had offered the Mets a three-year deal with opt outs, with the Mets being the only team to receive that contract structure. Likewise, Sammon and Ken Rosenthal had reported that Alonso's market was heating up, with the Blue Jays and an unidentified third team joining the Mets in contract talks.
It feels like there has been a large group of free agents this offseason that has had some trouble negotiating. The most notable player who fits this descriptio
A festival for fans or as the New York Mets call theirs, Amazin Day, is a time for peaches, cream, unicorns, and rainbow. Most of what the players had to say we