February 6, 2025

On Thursday night the New York Mets finalized a 2-year $54 million deal with All-Star first-baseman Pete Alonso.

It has been a long offseason for the 30-year-old as he went unsigned for 3 months, and with every day growing increasingly unlikely he would remain a Met but it was all shut down when he agreed on a deal.

Alonso spent his entire MLB career with the Mets, from his 2016 draft to this most recent season. In his six years in the MLB, he has been selected to four All-Star teams, won two home-run derbies, and was the 2019 NL Rookie of the Year.

The Florida native has a career batting average of .249, a slugging percentage of .514, a .339 on-base percentage, and 226 home runs. His 226 home runs rank him 3rd in the Mets all-time home runs list, and he only needs 27 more home runs to surpass Darryl Strawberry for the most career home runs in a Mets uniform. 

The contract agreed on is a 2-year deal worth $54 million with an option to opt out after 1 year, the deal has a $10 million signing bonus and has Alonso to make $30 million his first year and a player option in 2026 worth $24 million. 

The deal has been agreed on just in time for Spring Training, which begins very soon.