On Saturday, Cohen described his negotiations with Alonso’s camp as “exhausting” and said the Mets must be prepared to move on if nothing changes. Alonso, like Soto, is represented by agent Scott Boras.

New York Yankees icon and current YES Network analyst David Cone made it known last spring that he had no problem with the fact that then-Yankees outfielder Juan Soto wanted to reach free agency following the 2024 season.

The Mets are suddenly in the same place strategically trying to replace Pete Alonso as the Yankees were when Juan Soto left for the Mets. Cue, the irony.

To hear New York Mets owner Steve Cohen tell it, he is not close to re-signing free agent first baseman Pete Alonso for one reason. “And a lot of it is, I don’t like the structures that he presented to us. I think it’s highly asymmetric against us, and I feel strongly about this,” Cohen told fans (and reporters) at Amazin Day on Saturday.

Derek Jeter weighs in on the New York Yankees' future after losing Juan Soto, sharing his honest thoughts on the team's MLB offseason moves and World Series hopes.

Until the ink dries on a Pete Alonso contract elsewhere, there will always be a chance he returns to the Mets. Owner Steve Cohen acknowledged that much during a panel discussion at the team’s Amazin’ Day fanfest event at Citi Field,

The New York Mets had an inspired second half of the season in 2024 that saw them push the Los Angeles Dodgers to the brink in the National League Championship Series.

Negotiations between the New York Mets and Pete Alonso are at a standstill and there is no agreement in sight in the short term, but the options remain active because the team know

This past Saturday, New York Mets owner Steve Cohen publicly acknowledged that contract talks with free-agent first baseman and Mets fan-favorite Pete Alonso have been "an exhausting" process. It seems Cohen isn't yet ready to completely move on from the 30-year-old slugger.

The Mets and Pete Alonso cannot come to terms on a standard contract, so maybe it is time for them to do something creative that could be a win-win.

Trading for Michael King would make the Mets' rotation incredibly formidable, removing perhaps the biggest question mark surrounding them.