Phrase is the Mets wanted an all-time comeback to execute the largest signing of their historical past — or anybody’s historical past — and safe hitting famous person Juan Soto for a file $765 million.
May they make one other huge comeback to re-sign the beloved Polar Bear, Pete Alonso?
In evaluating the 2 star negotiations, Mets proprietor Steve Cohen famous at their fanfest Amazin’ Day that each have been “exhausting” however that the Alonso talks are much more exhausting and “worse.”
Again within the topsy-turvy Soto talks, the place three rounds of bidding have been established, the Mets practically fell out in Spherical 1. After the Mets initially bid round $500M — phrase is, they first advised about $41M a 12 months for 12 years earlier than ultimately arising 50 % — they have been knowledgeable they have been in final place, or thereabouts, amongst 5 big-market groups bidding. At that second, it appeared the Mets would possibly exit rapidly. However as we now know, the perseverance of Cohen and Co. paid off huge time.