Pete Alonso’s future with the Mets grows more uncertain by the day. Now, a new report indicates that the slugger may ultimately prefer to play elsewhere.
Sal Licata, host of SNY’s “Baseball Night in New York,” reported through an industry source that, despite having spent his entire career with the Mets organization, Alsonso is not tied to the team.
“I’m not 100% certain that Alonso is all about being a lifelong Met,” Licata said on WFAN’s “BT and Sal” on Wednesday. “I think it’s very possible that he may prefer, the two teams that I’ve heard-”
Co-host Brandon Tierney interjected, “Cubs, Yankees.”
“Yeah, there you go,” Licata said.
The industry source in question is someone who previously told Licata that Yoshinobu Yamamoto was going to sign with the Dodgers, which he did even though he received an identical offer — 12 years, $325 million — from the Mets.
Questions regarding Alonso’s future with the Mets have been circulating since he was rumored involved in a trade that was within “field goal range” with the Brewers in August. That trade ultimately wasn’t executed, but the message was sent that even the homegrown, three-time All-Star was expendable.
“I love representing this organization,” Alonso said after being asked about the report in August, via SNY. “Being a Met is the only thing I know.”
Since then, the Mets have made a shift in the front office, parting ways with general manager Billy Eppler and hiring David Stearns to be the president of baseball operations.
Stearns said that he’s committed to Alonso for the 2024 season, indicating that he’s not interested in trading the slugger. He also hasn’t continued extension talks with him.
“I spoke to David and we just told them we’re all ears,” Scott Boras, Alonso’s agent, said at the Winter Meetings in Dec., via Abbey Mastracco of the New York Daily News. “If you want to talk to us about anything, let us know.”
The Mets picked Alonso in the second round of the 2016 draft, and he made his MLB debut in 2019. The 28-year-old has since slashed .251/.342/.528 in his five-year career.
