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.

On Saturday, Cohen described his negotiations with Alonso’s camp as “exhausting” and said the Mets must be prepared to move on if nothing changes. Alonso, like Soto, is represented by agent Scott Boras.

The New York Mets landing Juan Soto for the largest contract in sports history with $765 million for 15 years has to be the biggest talking point of the offseason.

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.

The Mets are suddenly in the same place strategically trying to replace Pete Alonso as the Yankees were when Juan Soto left for the Mets. Cue, the irony.

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.

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

Francisco Lindor’s reaction to Juan Soto’s mega-contract with the ... “I worked so hard on that,” Mets owner Steve Cohen said Saturday during a fan panel. “I have never been through ...

The Mets and Pete Alonso cannot come to terms on a standard contract, so maybe it is time for them to do something creative that could be a win-win.

Trading for Michael King would make the Mets' rotation incredibly formidable, removing perhaps the biggest question mark surrounding them.

The reigning NL East champs haven’t been too busy, though they added Marlins standout lefty Jesus Luzardo via trade, deepening an excellent rotation. The team also signed former All-Star closer Jordan Romano and outfielder Max Kepler.