Steve Cohen 'brutally honest' about 'exhausting' contract talks with Pete Alonso | SportsNite | SNY

[@alandesgrange9703]

If this was the Pete of a few years ago, I'd be upset. Going forward without the Pete of last year, not really bothered.

[@explosivediarrhea4671]

When this team wins 76 wins I want to see if ur bothered

[@richardzucker9985]

@@explosivediarrhea4671 Unless Pete becomes more of a situational hitter which he refuses to do, Im not bothered at all. Pete can be replaced with a hitter who can do more with less. Pete didnt do much to contribute to the 89 wins, only the 2 HRs in the playoffs meant anything. Thats why the Mets made an offer, otherwise he would have already been gone.

[@explosivediarrhea4671]

@ who do you think we replace Pete with at this point ? It’s Almost February you think we just plus baty in ? I want Pete back but it just feels like bad blood now. I’m not sure it can get repaired

[@richardzucker9985]

@@explosivediarrhea4671 I didnt say I wanted Baty and there are still options out there. I know you want Pete back, and yeah its taken a personal turn & feelings are hurt. Thats why Pete needs to go. Its not good for the team to carry this.

[@GiantsJets718]

Pete doesn’t know how to hit with runners on base. Compiles numbers in garbage time

[@georgeanthony7282]

People are crying about Cohen not willing to sign Alonso. But that's the owner's choice... respect it! Pete had his chance and blew it by gambling that Boras will do him one better... it didn't happen. As is, how long would Alonso be with the team anyway, had he decided to come back? The Mets are going after bigger fish come next year... Guerrero Jr. and Tucker.

[@1BadPrincess]

Steve Cohen is a great business man. I trust him. You don't just overpay and set up a precedence for overpaying based upon emotion and sentiment. Soto got paid what the market dictated. Pete doesn't have the same options. If Pete goes elsewhere, it's because he wanted to sign elsewhere.

[@LoadedKlip]

If Pete didn’t bat .217 in 2023 And didn’t bat to a LOWER than .800 OPS in 2024 … … I would be sad to see Pete go. But he bet on himself and ended up having two back to back subpar years. Pete can’t be too surprised why no one is offering him a huge deal after his 2023 and especially his 2024 season.

[@lindabeck1526]

Move em out time up⚾️⚾️

[@lugnutz6353]

I blame Scott Bore-Ass for Pete not being signed yet. The man is greedy. Only looking out for himself.

[@dontgiveinfo]

At anytime Pete could have said, forget it Scott. It's the Mets. No. Pete got it in his head he deserves more than Nimmo

[@tenarvaez]

Why have they not signed Iglesias yet? He has proven more reliable than McNeil, Baty and Mauricio, who may not even be ready to play yet due to his injury. Regardless of whether they get Alonso back or they replace him with Guerrero Jr. or Bregman, they should have already signed Iglesias by now.

[@williamslavik117]

Iglesias was a flash in a pan. What gave him a huge push was the whole "omg" thing.

[@tenarvaez]

He's a lifetime .280 hitter. He probably won't hit .337 again but I'm more confident he will hit .275 than Baty or Mauricio. McNeil could go either way... hit .300 or .250. But Mauricio may not be ready by opening day and Baty may end up hitting .240. That won't be good.

[@SeanWeird]

Alonso to Toronto!

[@MrMetFanSC]

I mean Satandar got what 14m AAV like sure 92 million but no opt outs and tons of deferred money

[@Jqueens93]

Over 60 million deferred

[@petenieto1575]

Yeah. Why would this guy bring up the Santander signing in this case? These guys make too much money to either be deceptive, or just plain lazy. Anybody with Google can look up the contract details.

[@Bllplyr4bb]

Meanwhile, the Dodgers are laughing at the Mets.

[@jgambe78]

They aren't even thinking of the Mets, save the hyperbole

[@JerryCarr909]

mets never keep their players, they kicked Tom Seaver to the curb, twice

[@latintraveler1152]

Baseball is a business.....don't forget your rooting for a corporation not a team (Mets). No home town fan loyalty any longer...Looking forward to another Met's losing season.

[@johnp8355]

Maybe Pete can play in Japan.

[@keysersoze503]

Any competent agent could have gotten Juan Soto a huge contract. The real litmus test is what they get lesser players. Bore-Ass cons these players into thinking that they are worth more than they are sometimes to their detriment. He doesn't care because he's worth 500 million.

[@dontgiveinfo]

I've been banging the drum since last year to either let this guy go or don't over pay/have a long term contract. Now Mets fans are coming around. To get made fun of and brutilized in the comments sections to being right down the road has been a revelation. Life is like this. People duh wake up so late

[@mazevedu4938]

It's a shame that Pete Alonso seems to be begging for is career on 1st base for the Mets. Open up your eyes the owner doesn't want you playing with his team, STOP your shameful BEGGING and ACCEPT ITS TIME TO MOVE ON! GOD SHUT THAT DOOR AND YOU HAVEN'T REALIZED GOD OPENED ANOTHER! MOVE ON!!!

[@nunzi83]

Boras isn’t being smart with all this. He got everything and more with the Soto contract. Cohen signed other Boras clients to top record breaking contracts. He’s overplaying his hand and taking advantage. Not good for Boras moving forward

[@tomatostakefabrik9429]

With 1 big bat i am going to run out and buy New York Mehs jersey. ( yep the season is gonna be Meh) SMH

[@damienlahoz]

Dont like the owner trying to turn the base against Pete. Its business, their business. Not the fans. Dont like it and i guarantee the other players dont either

[@PlasticPellets]

Pete Alonso is a dufus version of Dave Kingman

[@HMAUTOTECK1]

SOTO SHOULD PLAY 2 POSITION PETER S AND HIS WITH THE MONEY HIS GETTING

[@sofukingwat]

Doesn’t Soto pitch ?

[@jgambe78]

Ya Santander got 92m over 5yrs, but that's 18.4m aav.... pete was offered 23m aav.... Pete knows he bet on himself and lost with 2 down years culminating, with the final one in his walk year . He's not going to get the money he thinks he's worth. He's not even going to get the money/ years The mets offered him 2 years ago, which he turned down. Petes a great-Power hitter and is only second to Aaron judge since 2019 in home runs trailing by 6. But he's not gonna get a Soto contract or anything near being a first baseman on the wrong side of 30, who has obvious holes in his swing and is average on defense.

[@DavidHollis-w3w]

Boras blew it. He can word salad all he wants.

[@johnp8355]

Well said.

[@glenndavis7069]

Harmon Killabrew, Pete Alonso, one trick ponies. Dave Kingman was better than both. Delusional salries!

[@latintraveler1152]

Met's don't win without Pete.....Good luck with your 3rd place finish in 2025

[@williamslavik117]

To be honest, they didn't win with Alonso either.

[@anthonyv9324]

Pete’s done. He gone. When a billionaire is whining about expense

[@GiantsJets718]

Pete is regressing as a player. You’re right he is done and doesn’t deserve the money and years. Time for Vlad next offseason

[@benderbot248]

whats with the DEI hire in the middle thats never held a baseball in her life doing on a baseball show?

[@eric7421]

What they offer Pete did not make him feel appreciated, I believe he deserves better. He is a homegrown talent with many amazing moments with the team. Yet, they don't want to offer him a long term contract or with a higher AAV annually.

[@richardzucker9985]

Why should Pete deserve better when he declined 3 contracts that would have given him bank. Pete bet on himself & failed. Pete needs to live with the consequences of his decisions. Its not Cohens obligation to bail him out. Boras underestimated Cohens/Stearns resolve. I understand all offers were pulled. Let Pete go elsewhere if he wont accept whats offered especially after a down year.

[@GiantsJets718]

You are what is wrong with society. Stop rooting for millionaires to get paid even more that don’t even deserve it. Pete is overrated now, you only want him back for the memories. I want to win. I rather wait for Vlad and get someone who actually hits with RISP and clutch hitting in the regular season.

[@iansnyder274]

Get real!

[@jayshiggs]

If he's so great he would have signed with someone else by now. Has he even gotten a contract offer from another team? The market decides his worth not what you are talking about.

[@dontgiveinfo]

I'm sorry. We don't need a Anthony Rendon contract. Did you not see Pete be anti clutch? If the bases were full or half full. He always struck out or hit into double plays cuz he's slow on the base paths. Did we see the same player? The past two years he's gotten worse. If he chokes during a contract year. Imagine having to live up to a big contract. He'd choke for years

[@anthonyv9324]

And I will never defend a Billionaire complaining about expense when he has painting on his wall worth multi millions

[@paulzoom489]

he can sell that painting for more then he bought it for lol

[@upcomingexpat]

Those paintings can be sold for more money. They have value. Pete, NOT living up to a bad contract, has NO value. Pete was offered a contract last year that was in line with Freeman and Matt Olson (both are better). He said no, hired Scott Boras, and bet on himself. He lost and IS STILL being offered a contract. Don't feel bad for the person turning down millions.

[@richardzucker9985]

@@upcomingexpat Funny analogy, but accurate.

[@GiantsJets718]

But you will defend a millionaire who doesn’t know you exist

[@BillyKammerer-o4p]

@@anthonyv9324 My season tickets are going to be hard to fit in with my roster of very expensive bills

[@BillyKammerer-o4p]

Pete will goto the Angels and hit 45 home runs. Acuna, Baty and Mauricio probably wont hit 20 combined.

[@PHN-2024]

Enjoy Being a LA Angels Fan in 2025.

[@BillyKammerer-o4p]

@PHN-2024 Show me where I said the please.

[@explosivediarrhea4671]

If Pete has a big year with the angels he will get traded at the deadline

[@beandumper]

and the Mets will have a fun, possibly playoff filled year and the angels will finish with barely 70 wins if they are lucky. Good for Pete, though.

[@GiantsJets718]

Lmao not quite. Even if he did it will be probably when the team is up by 10 runs. Pete is a notorious compiler. He doesn’t hit well when the team needs runs like with runners in scoring position. I rather have a better player in Vlad than typical Pete who looks at a called strike on the first pitch and swings at a slider in the dirt. Right on cue Pete!