Arrr! Pete Alonso be back with the Mets on a wee contract, say the scallywags! Avast, let the rum flow!
2025-02-05
Arrr, matey! The New York Mets be hoistin' back their first mate, Pete Alonso, with a treasure chest o' 54 million doubloons fer two long years, with a right to jump ship after 2025! Reports be flyin' faster than a cannonball! Avast ye, what a haul!
Ahoy, mateys! Gather 'round, fer I bring ye tidings from the grand seas of baseball, where the New York Mets be welcoming back their mighty first baseman, Pete Alonso, with a treasure trove of doubloons! Aye, a two-year bounty of $54 million be the spoils of this deal, complete with a shiny $10 million signing bonus, like gold from Davy Jones's locker!Our hero Alonso, picked from the Florida Gators’ crew in 2016, has been hittin’ more home runs than a scallywag can count, with 226 barnstormers launched, includin’ a record 53 during his rookie year. Aye, he’s made the All-Star crew four times, and his OPS be as high as a crow’s nest whistle!
But fright, me hearties, the seas were stormy, and team owner Steve Cohen fretted over Alonso's uncertain fate. He declared the negotiations “worse” than wrestling with another big fish, Juan Soto! But lo and behold, after much parleyin’, Alonso be back in Queens, ready to swing his bat alongside Soto for at least one season. So raise yer tankards, fer the Mets be back in business, and Alonso lives to hit another day!