Mets re-sign Pete Alonso

After months of seemingly no progress in talks with their homegrown free agent, the Mets agreed to a 2/$54 deal with Pete Alonso, one that comes with an opt-out after one season.

My initial thought is happiness for the fans who desperately wanted Alonso to return to the Mets. And a two-year deal is way preferable to what Alonso’s camp was hoping to get. Plus it might be just a one-year deal if Alonso is able to return to the player he was three years ago.

The terms break down to $30 million in year one - which in my opinion is a massive overpay. And if he doesn’t opt out, Alonso will get $24 million in 2026, which is still an overpay given what he’s produced the past two years.

They say there’s no such thing as a bad one-year contract. If you believe that, you can talk yourself into this deal, too.

As a fan of power, it will be fun to have Alonso back on the Mets. Hopefully he can take a page from Juan Soto and quit swinging at pitches low and away that aren’t close to being strikes.