Sources: Pete Alonso returning to Mets on 2-year, $54M deal

Copy Link

Email

Print

Slugger Pete Alonso and the New York Mets are in agreement on a 2-year, $54 million contract, sources told ESPN on Wednesday, ending a lengthy free agency with a return engagement to the only team for which he has played.

The 30-year-old Alonso, whose 226 home runs since his 2019 debut are second in Major League Baseball behind Aaron Judge's 232, heads back to Queens to join a lineup that added outfielder Juan Soto on a record-breaking 15-year, $765 million contract this winter.

While New York considered pivoting away from Alonso after discussions on a deal with him reached an impasse, talks resumed amid a market that did not value Alonso similarly to the long-term deal he…