Free agent first baseman Pete Alonso remains unsigned less than a week from February, and New York Mets owner Steve Cohen got "brutally honest" during an event Saturday about winter negotiations with the team's longtime slugger.

The Major League Baseball season is months away but fans and players for the New York Mets got the party started early on Saturday, celebrating the arrival of generational hitting talent Juan Soto ahead of their 2025 campaign.

The Mets and Alonso continued to engage in contract talks into the new year, but the two sides were said to be some ways apart financially. The Mets have since seemingly pivoted, signing outfielder Jesse Winker and left-handed reliever A.J. Minter .

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!”

Alonso loomed over New York's "Amazin' Day" at Citi Field on Saturday, despite not attending the event. The fans could not contain their love for Alonso at the event, starting a chant for the first baseman that Mets owner Steve Cohen had to address.

The New York Mets held their first winter event for fans in five years at Citi Field on Saturday, and there was one notable absence. Pete Alonso wasn't in attendance because, for the first time since the 2016 draft,

New York Mets infielder Brett Baty will sport a different look in 2025, as he'll wear No. 7 on his uniform. Baty had previously worn No. 22. While the number ch

New York Mets owner Steve Cohen admitted to being frustrated by the ongoing contract negotiations with free-agent slugger and longtime Mets first baseman Pete Alonso."I'm being brutally honest. I don't like the negotiations.

Amazin Day couldn’t have taken place on a better day. Near what feels like the end of the Pete Alonso negotiations, New York Mets fans let Steve Cohen know how

Pete Alonso, who was linked to the Seattle Mariners earlier this offseason, has now met with the Los Angeles Angels.