New York Mets owner Steve Cohen, top baseball operations executive David Stearns, and manager Carlos Mendoza held a forum during the team's fan fest event on Saturday. Predictably, the group was met with "We want Pete" chants from onlookers hoping to persuade the braintrust into entering a new agreement with longtime first baseman and current free agent Pete Alonso.

There were several intriguing moments from the New York Mets' January 25 Amazin' Day fan fest event at Citi Field. However, the most compelling was surely what

Mets president of baseball operations David Stearns said, "We also feel really good about the young players that are coming through our system that have the ability to play."

Steve Cohen can afford to pay Pete Alonso whatever he wants. The man ranked No. 162 on Bloomberg's Billionaires index has already committed to paying Juan Soto

Mets fans got some face time with the owner during a panel session at the team’s Amazin’ Day fanfest at Citi Field. During the session, fans began chanting “we want Pete”, leading Cohen to provide an update on where things stand. "I don't like the negotiations. I don't like what's been presented to us."

Many Mets fans attempted to send a message to the front office about Pete Alonso. The front office redirected the message to Scott Boras.

Steve Cohen, in an apparent message to Pete Alonso's agent Scott Boras, said that the Mets' negotiations with the free agent first baseman have been "exhausting."

During a panel at the event, as the crowd broke out into chants of "We want Pete" and "Pete Alonso," Cohen got "brutally honest" about the process. The owner said that the Mets had made a "significant" offer to Alonso, but that negotiations had felt lopsided.

New York Mets owner Steve Cohen was transparent with the Mets' fan base chanting for Pete Alonso to be re-signed, saying contract talks have been worse than Juan Soto's.

It feels like there has been a large group of free agents this offseason that has had some trouble negotiating. The most notable player who fits this descriptio

Juan Soto was difficult to land following his career-high 2024 performance but for the Mets, the largest contract in professional sports history was the answer. The post “We Weren’t Getting Him”: Steve Cohen Candidly Reveals His Hopeless Thought Process During Juan Soto Chase appeared first on EssentiallySports.