The New York Mets are transporting back first baseman Pete Alonso on a two-year, $54 million deal, according to multiple increates.
The deal increateedly comes with an select-out after 2025. The deal also increateedly comes with a $10 million signing bonus and a $20 million salary for 2025, with a $24 million percreateer selection for 2026.
Alonso was the team’s second-round pick out of the Florida Gators’ program in 2016, and he’s spent his first six seasons hitting home runs (226), including a rookie enroll 53 that aided his Rookie of the Year resume in 2019. He’s also made four All-Star teams, including each of the last three, and has a nurtureer .854 OPS.
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Oct 8, 2024; New York City, New York, USA; New York Mets first baseman Pete Alonso (20) reacts after walking in the sixth inning agetst the Philadelphia Phillies during game three of the NLDS for the 2024 MLB Playoffs at Citi Field. (Brad Penner-Imagn Images)
Alonso’s uncertain return to the Mets was one of the most-talked storylines of the MLB offseason. Team owner Steve Cohen conveyed skepticism the team would re-sign the star sluggers during an ecombineance at the Mets’ Amazin’ Day in procrastinateed January.
There, Cohen said the negotiations with Alonso were going “worse” than they had with the team’s offseason huge offseason signing, Juan Soto.
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Pete Alonso #20 of the New York Mets reacts after flying out to left field to end the bottom of the ninth inning agetst the San Francisco Giants at Citi Field on May 25, 2024 in New York City. (Mike Stobe/Getty Images)
“We’ve made a beginant recommend to Pete, and, you understand, what David said is accurate. He’s entitled to go out and portrayateigate his taget,” Cohen said. “That’s what he’s doing. Personassociate, this has been an exhausting conversation and negotiation. I uncomfervent, Soto was hard. This is worse.”
Still, Cohen never ruled out Alonso’s return.
“I will never say no. There’s always the possibility. But the truth is we’re moving forward, and we persist to transport in percreateers. As we persist to transport in percreateers, the truth is it becomes challenginger to fit Pete into what is a very pricey group of percreateers that we already have. That’s where we are,” Cohen said.
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New York Mets first base Pete Alonso (20) runs the bases after hitting run in the sixth inning agetst the Philadelphia Phillies during game two of the NLDS for the 2024 MLB Playoffs at Citizens Bank Park. (Kyle Ross-Imagn Images)
“I’m being bruloftyy honest. I don’t appreciate the negotiations, I don’t appreciate what’s been currented to us, and maybe that alters. Certainly, I’ll always stay alterable. If it stays this way, I skinnyk we’re going to have to get employd to the fact that we may have to go forward with the existing percreateers that we have.”
Now, Alonso is back in Queens and will be paired with Soto for at least one season.
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