Mets owner Steve Cohen should look over at the Meadowlands before deciding to let slugger Pete Alonso walk, warns former NFL MVP Boomer Esiason. That’s where the Giants allowed the Super Bowl-bound Eagles to poach their star running back Saquon Barkley, causing owner John Mara to lose sleep.

During the New York Mets' much-anticipated Amazin' Day fan fest on Saturday, owner Steve Cohen was very frustrated when he talked about the ongoing Pete Alonso

To hear New York Mets owner Steve Cohen tell it, he is not close to re-signing free agent first baseman Pete Alonso for one reason. “And a lot of it is, I don’t like the structures that he presented to us. I think it’s highly asymmetric against us, and I feel strongly about this,” Cohen told fans (and reporters) at Amazin Day on Saturday.

With his options dwindling in free agency, it’s long past time for Pete Alonso to decide what is most important: his legacy or his contract.

The New York Mets and Pete Alonso have been engaged in an offseason stare-down all winter long. This rumored backup plan might be what gets Alonso nervous enough to agree to a deal.

The New York Mets have had a busy offseason thus far, including most notably signing free agent superstar Juan Soto to a record-breaking contract to pry him away from the crosstown rival New York Yankees.