Huge Setback: Pete Alonso Angrily Announced His Resignation and Departure Immediately After Facing…see..more…NEW YORK — When the Mets originally offered Pete Alonso a contract extension, Steve Cohen was the owner but a different executive was running the front office. Then-general manager Billy Eppler hoped to lock up Alonso to a long-term deal reported to be $158 million over seven years.
The terms weren’t extraordinary, yet Alonso rejected them.
Just two years later, and three months into free agency, the Mets convinced Alonso to settle for a two-year, $54 million contract — or, about $100 million less in guaranteed money.
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