On Thursday, Joel Sherman of The New York Post revealed that the Mets offered Alonso a three-year contract in the $68 million-$70 million range. After the four-time All-Star rejected it, they set their sights on adding a top-tier reliever and potentially executing a trade for Toronto Blue Jays slugger Vladimir Guerrero Jr.

Unless Cohen has another Correa moment – which seems doubtful – or Alonso drops his demands precipitously, then one of the best power hitters in Mets history is going to another franchise.

This time, the New York Met’s owner Steve Cohen is in the news! The post “Can’t Do Right by Pete Alonso?”: Steve Cohen’s Mets Slammed for Not Giving Alonso Money He “Earned” appeared first on EssentiallySports.

“The Mets made what they perceived as a last-ditch effort to sign Pete Alonso by offering him a three-year contract in the $68 million-$70 million range, and when that was rejected, began their pivot away from their slugging first baseman, The Post has learned.”

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.

Pete Alonso's time may be nearing an end as the two sides are not close to an agreement on the slugger's next contract.

Despite David Stearns and Mets owner Steve Cohen's words of praise toward Pete Alonso, the destination of the first baseman remains open-ended.

Have you ever seen more baseball writers act like matchmakers, trying to will the universe to acknowledge the obvious fit between Pete Alonso and New York Mets for a reunion?