LAS VEGAS — The Mets have opened talks with Pete Alonso, and at the very least on the floor there appears to be a higher feeling round these talks this yr than final.
The good start to discussions may presumably bode effectively for the Mets’ chances to retain Alonso. But his market needs to be a lot more robust this yr than final yr after a significantly better season, no qualifying supply attachment and an obvious willingness to do more DHing regardless of being a yr older.
Mets baseball president David Stearns mentioned at his media session he’d very very like to have Alonso again, and he’s telling those who Alonso’s presence is vital as a terrific producer and likewise as a protector for celebrity Juan Soto. So there’s no confusion about the Mets’ clear curiosity this yr, which looks like a departure from final yr when it regarded like a break up resolution amongst Mets higher-ups and took a last-minute save from proprietor Steve Cohen to maintain Alonso in Queens.
(That in the end proved to be the proper name, and that might affect the approach they’re approaching Alonso’s second consecutive free company.)