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
Mets fans got some face time with the owner during a panel session at the team’s Amazin’ Day fanfest at Citi Field. During the session, fans began chanting “we want Pete”, leading Cohen to provide an update on where things stand. "I don't like the negotiations. I don't like what's been presented to us."
New York Mets owner Steve Cohen, top baseball operations executive David Stearns, and manager Carlos Mendoza held a forum during the team's fan fest event on Saturday. Predictably, the group was met with "We want Pete" chants from onlookers hoping to persuade the braintrust into entering a new agreement with longtime first baseman and current free agent Pete Alonso.
Steve Cohen can afford to pay Pete Alonso whatever he wants. The man ranked No. 162 on Bloomberg's Billionaires index has already committed to paying Juan Soto
As New York Mets fans chanted “We Want Pete,” team owner Steve Cohen addressed the negotiations with free agent Pete Alonso.
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 New York Mets may be preparing for life without longtime first baseman and current free agent Pete Alonso. The Mets held their annual fan fest on Saturday, during which third baseman Brett Baty confirmed a New York Post report that stated he was asked to begin working out at first base ahead of spring training.
Whether or not Mets fans will have another opportunity to cheer on Pete Alonso is still very much up in the air.
A couple of Mets players are in the running to take over as New York's starting first baseman if Pete Alonso doesn't return.
Boras is running a decade-old playbook to try and get his client paid, but the game has changed.
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.