“You should take your time”: Francisco Lindor on the return of Pete Alonso to the Mets

There is less than two months left for the start of the regular season of the big leagues and so far Pete Alonso and the New York Mets still do not reach an agreement so that the initialist returns to the New York team for 2025 from the free agency. Alonso and the Mets seem to go in different directions. And the player rejected in 2023 an extension for seven years and $ 158 millionafter trying a few weeks in the free agency and not reaching any port, he returned to the conversations with the Queens team. At that point Alonso’s agent was the one offered the METS to give the player a contract for $ 90 million and three seasons. But the team declined and offered $ 70 million for the same amount of years; proposal that was also rejected by the player. Pete Alonso and the Mets continue to negotiate an agreement.Credit: AP At this point the negotiations between the Mets and Alonso They seem to be increasingly moving. Recently in an interview for SNY, one of the team’s faces was asked, Francisco Lindor, about the situation with his partner. Lindor explained that the player should be patient to make the best decision. “I think your time should take. I think I should make the best decision to yourself and not feel hurried, and I’m sure it will be ”explained the Campocorto de los Mets. Lindor and Alonso share costumes in New York for four seasons. At that time the Puerto Rican has taken the baton as a team captainso their words have weight in the players and hopes to help make Queens to the first base. Alonso had a good 2024, although something low compared to previous seasonsin total the initialist connected 34 home runs, 88 driven and 146 hits for an average .240. Continue reading:The Mets make a last attempt by Pete Alonso Steve Cohen on the return of Pete Alonso with Mets: “It becomes more difficult”Jesse Winker willing to play first base with the Mets (tagstotranslate) Francisco Lindor

Steve Cohen on Pete Alonso’s return with Mets: “It gets more difficult”

The owner of the New York Mets, Steve Cohen spoke this Saturday about the situation of first baseman Pete Alonso during the team’s fan fairexplaining that every time more time passes, his return to Citi Field becomes more complicated. In statements to the press, Cohen explained that it is increasingly difficult to bring Alonso back because the Mets are adding players and that increases the overall payroll expense of the roster. “I will never say no, there is always the possibility of re-signing Alonso. But the reality is that we are moving forward and we continue to incorporate players. As we continue to bring in reinforcements, The reality is that it becomes more difficult to integrate Pete into what is already a very expensive group of players.. That’s where we are. “I’m being brutally honest,” the Mets owner explained to MLB.com. Cohen’s statements were so controversial that he even dared to describe the negotiations as “worse” than Juan Soto’s were. “I don’t like what they have presented to us. Look, maybe that will change, and I will always remain flexible. But if things continue like this, I think we will have to get used to the idea of ​​moving forward with the players we already have. If the negotiations with Juan Soto were exhausting, these have been worse“he added. Currently Alonso is the most important figure in free agency. Last season he finished with a .240 average, 34 home runs, 88 RBIs and 31 doubles, but his search for a multi-year contract has deprived him of finding a team so far. If there is no agreement between Alonso and the Mets, players like Mark Vientos have already shown their initiative to move to first base, all for the good of the team. Keep reading:

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