Jack MurrayJanuary 10, 2025
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Pete Alonso appears to be willing to bend the knee a little bit in order to stay with the New York Mets.
Jim Duquette of SiriusXM reported that the first baseman’s camp offered the Mets a three year deal with opt-outs that was only available to New York. Will Sammon of The Athletic confirmed the rumor.
“League sources confirmed a report from SiriusXM analyst Jim Duquette, a former New York Mets general manager, saying Alonso’s camp offered the Mets a three-year deal with opt-outs. Duquette reported the offer was only available to the Mets,” Sammon wrote. “The former exec added that Alonso’s agent Scott Boras declined to comment.”
Alonso is a four-time All-Star and has been a major piece of the Mets lineup for several seasons. He hit .240/.329/.459 with 34 home runs and 88 RBIs in 2024 and helped lead the Mets to the NLCS.
The Mets made the biggest splash of the offseason, signing outfielder Juan Soto to a 15-year, $765 million deal to be the new franchise face. While the core should center around Soto and shortstop Francisco Lindor, Alonso could remain a stable right-handed power bat and first baseman for a Mets team hoping to compete with the Los Angeles Dodgers for supremacy in the National League.
Alonso had already turned down a three-year, $90 million deal from the Mets earlier in the offseason. The San Francisco Giants have also been linked to Alonso and could lure him away from New York.
Duquette and Sammon’s report seems to indicate that Alonso would desire a larger deal from San Francisco and that the Mets may have the ball in their corner for retaining Alonso’s services.
