Pete Alonso returns to Mets for 2 years and $ 54 million, Fuentes

The Slugger Pete Alonso will remain for at least one more year with the New York Mets, a team with which he debuted in 2019.

The Toletero Pete Alonso and the New York Mets reached an agreement on a two -year contract and $ 54 million, sources told AM850 on Wednesday, ending a long free agency with a commitment to return to the only team for which He has played.

The agreement, which is pending a physical examination, includes a termination clause after the first season, fountains said. Alonso will win $ 30 million this year.

Alonso, 30, whose 226 home runs since his debut in 2019 are the second most in the major baseball leagues behind the 232 of Aaron Judge, returns to Queens to join an alignment that added to gardener Juan Soto in a contract 15 -year record and $ 765 million this winter.

While New York considered moving away from Alonso after the discussions on an agreement with him reached a dead point, the conversations resumed in the middle of a market that did not value Alonso similar to the long -term agreement that he was looking for at the beginning of Free agency. The teams consider that the first 30 -year -old skisms that beat and throw with the right hand are risky, even those who have consistently produced as Alonso.

After connecting a 53 -year -old rookie record in 2019, Alonso’s constant racing production helped boost METS during the difficult years and made it a favorite of fans and an cornerstone of the franchise. Alonso rejected a seven -year contract extension and $ 158 million of the METS in the summer of 2023, hoping to make wealth in the open market, even when it was overwhelmed by a Draft selection compensation after rejecting a qualified offer of One year and $ 21.05 million of the METS.

A long -term agreement never materialized, which left Alonso with limited options. Although the San Francisco Giants and the Toronto Blue Jays were among the teams that expressed interest in Alonso, returning to the Mets was always the most likely option, even when the owner Steve Cohen publicly expressed his frustration with the trajectory of the negotiations.

Alonso’s production decreased in the last three seasons, with its PAHO falling from .869 to .821 to .788 in that period. His Aguraphs War dropped from 3.8 to 2.8 to 2.1, and his 34 homers in 2024 were the minimum of his career for a full season.

Even so, Alonso remained capable of special moments. With the METS on the edge of the elimination, losing 2-0 in the ninth entry of a game of the bunned series against Milwaukee in early October last year, Alonso connected a speed change of the closer of the devin Williams brewery to the Opposite band for a three -run homer that remained to send New York to a series against Philadelphia. Alonso connected two home runs against the Philis and one more in a six -game defeat in the SCLN against the eventual world series champion, Los Angeles Dodgers.