Morning Briefing: Mets Offered Alonso Three Years, $85 Million

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Pat Ragazzo of Mets on SI reported on Friday night that the Mets had offered Pete Alonso a three-year, $85 million deal with lots of deferred money and opt-outs. Alonso settled on a two-year, $54 million deal, seemingly preferring to limit the amount of deferred money in his deal. He will make $30 million for the Mets this year with the chance to opt out after year one.

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According to multiple reports, including SNY’s Andy Martino and the New York Post’s Mike Puma, Steve Cohen and David Stearns met with Alonso and Scott Boras in Tampa on Tuesday to try and hammer out a deal. According to the reports, Alonso expressed frustration at the situation, while the Mets reiterated their desire to have Alonso back.

Per Pat Ragazzo of Mets on SI, 2024 Met Jose Iglesias is not seeking a two-year deal as previously reported and would sign a one-year deal. The Mets have reportedly offered him a one-year deal this offseason.

Jim Callis and Jonathan Mayo of MLB Pipeline participated in a mock draft where each person selected a prospect within their respective organization’s top 10 prospect list. Each player, though, had to have a different prospect ranking (no doubling up on no. 1 prospects, for example). For his righty pitcher, Mayo chose Brandon Sproat, who they have as the Mets’ ninth-ranked prospect.

Citi Field announced in a post on X that the stadium will host Billy Joel and Sting for a one-night-only concert on August 21.

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Shohei Ohtani‘s former translator, Ippei Mizuhara, was sentenced to 57 months in prison on Friday. The sentence will begin on March 24. Mizuhara will have three years of supervised release and will have to pay nearly $17 million to Shohei Ohtani.

In a story by Evan Drelich of The Athletic, commissioner Rob Manfred explained why he believes the Dodgers are not bad for baseball, stating: “The Dodgers are a really well-run, successful organization. Everything that they do and have done is consistent with our rules.”

Per Katie Woo and Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic, the Pirates signed former Met outfielder Tommy Pham to a one-year, $4 million deal. Pham was fantastic in 2023 between the Mets and the Diamondbacks (.774 total OPS), but struggled a season ago between the White Sox, Cardinals, and Royals (.674 OPS total OPS).

Per Jon Heyman of the New York Post, the Angels signed Yoán Moncada to a one-year, $5 million deal. Moncada played sparingly during the 2024 season, recording a .756 OPS in 12 games.

John Seidler, brother of late Padres owner Peter Seidler, was unanimously approved by MLB owners as the Padres’ control person.