New York Mets owner Steve Cohen publicly acknowledged that contract talks with free-agent first baseman and Mets fan-favorite Pete Alonso have been "an exhausting" process. It seems Cohen isn't yet ready to completely move on from the 30-year-old slugger.

New York Mets owner Steve Cohen was transparent with the Mets' fan base chanting for Pete Alonso to be re-signed, saying contract talks have been worse than Juan Soto's.

On Saturday, Cohen described his negotiations with Alonso’s camp as “exhausting” and said the Mets must be prepared to move on if nothing changes. Alonso, like Soto, is represented by agent Scott Boras.

New York Yankees icon and current YES Network analyst David Cone made it known last spring that he had no problem with the fact that then-Yankees outfielder Juan Soto wanted to reach free agency following the 2024 season. Of course, Soto ultimately left the Yankees to sign a massive deal with the New York Mets.

Until the ink dries on a Pete Alonso contract elsewhere, there will always be a chance he returns to the Mets. Owner Steve Cohen acknowledged that much during a panel discussion at the team’s Amazin’ Day fanfest event at Citi Field,

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.

Steve Cohen can afford to pay Pete Alonso whatever he wants. The man ranked No. 162 on Bloomberg's Billionaires index has already committed to paying Juan Soto

Negotiations between the New York Mets and Pete Alonso are at a standstill and there is no agreement in sight in the short term, but the options remain active because the team know

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.

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.

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