ESPN Reports: Fans and insiders New York Mets re-signs their very own star slugger Pete Alonso to a record-breaking contract of…..

MLB’s offseason activity has exploded at the Winter Meetings after Juan Soto accepted his historic contract with the New York Mets; it seems things are getting hot for free agent Pete Alonso as well.

Mike Puma, a New York Post writer, claims that the long-time Mets slugger is already touring clubs assessing his future playing location in 2025 and beyond. Though the particular clubs engaged are yet unknown, Mets president of baseball operations David Stearns said Monday that the door is still open for a reunion despite the organization pledging $656 million in guarantees to Soto.

“We’d love to bring Pete back, Pete’s been a great Met, Pete’s had some enormous hits for us and we’ll see where that goes,” Stearns said. “I believe that our ownership has constantly shown that resources would be available as needed. We can make baseball movements when we believe they will help the club, and we will keep exploring a broad spectrum to keep our squad getting better.

Though Alonso, who will turn 30 in 2025, is coming off a subpar year by his standards, he still had a major impact on the team’s performance towards the NLCS. Attaching 34 home runs, 31 doubles, 88 RBI, and 91 runs scored, he had a.240/.329/.459 slash line while playing in all 162 regular season games.

Alonso struck.273/.431/.568 (. 999 OPS) with four home runs, 10 RBI, and ten runs scored across fifty-eight plate appearances in 13 postseason games. In Game 3 of the NL Wild Card Series against All-Star closer Devin Williams, he blasted a famous three-run homer in the top of the ninth inning, therefore shifting the series.

Six-foot-3, 245-pound first baseman set the rookie home run record (53), received NL Rookie of the Year honors, made four All-Star teams, and slugged 226 home runs—just 27 shy of the Mets’ all-time record across his six seasons in Queens. Notwithstanding his outstanding resume, there are several red flags that can affect agent Scott Boras’s talks.

Alonso’s OPS has dropped in recent seasons—from.869 in 2022 to.821 in 2023 to a career-low.788 in 2024—which begs concerns regarding the number of prime years the slugger has remaining. Alonso has been regularly below average statistically defensively; his -9 Outs Above Average last season was the poorest of his career.

Having said that, Alonso is still a Queens fan favorite, and it’s exciting to think of him safeguarding Soto on the roster for years ahead. That will naturally rely on whether the price is reasonable.