Mets owner Steve Cohen was “brutally honest” regarding negotiations with first baseman Pete Alonso’s camp at Amazin’ Day on Saturday. “I don’t like the negotiations,” a visibly angry Cohen said.

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The New York Yankees saw superstar outfielder Juan Soto depart for the New York Mets in free agency, but owner Hal Steinbrenner doesn't think the team is worse off without him.

The New York Mets are still trying to retain Pete Alonso, and MLB insider Jon Heyman has stated that the player is desperate for a reunion

Weeks after Juan Soto signed a monster 15-year, $765 million contract with the Mets, there was still a buzz among his new teammates.

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.

Mets owner Steve Cohen got real on the failed negotiation talks with free agent !B and former Met Pete Alonso.

During a panel at the event, as the crowd broke out into chants of "We want Pete" and "Pete Alonso," Cohen got "brutally honest" about the process. The owner said that the Mets had made a "significant" offer to Alonso, but that negotiations had felt lopsided.

With the Pete Alonso saga still not resolved, the New York Mets have continued to be involved in the starting pitching market should an opportunity arise to add

Yankees chairman Hal Steinbrenner responded to the Dodgers' run of recent signings, which has pushed them up to a projected 2025 payroll upwards of $375 million, in an interview with YES Network's Meredith Marakovits. His answer was something you'd expect to hear from a small-market team, rather than baseball's financial titan of the past century.

It hasn't been the offseason Pete Alonso expected as the four-time All-Star still remains without a team with spring training approaching.