Radio, TV host shares bombshell update on Mets’ Pete Alonso

WFAN and SNY host Sal Licata dropped considerably of a bombshell whereas talking about New York Mets All-Star first baseman Pete Alonso throughout Wednesday’s version of the WFAN “Brandon Tierney and Sal Licata” program. 

“I’m not 100% sure that Alonso is all about being a lifelong Met,” Licata stated about what he’d heard from trade sources, per Manuel Gómez of NJ Advance Media for NJ.com. “I feel it’s very attainable that he might choose, the 2 groups that I’ve heard…”

Licata, who works for the tv house of the Mets (SNY), later confirmed these golf equipment are the Chicago Cubs and New York Yankees.

As not too long ago as Tuesday, Will Sammon and Tim Britton of The Athletic reported {that a} “league supply” stated that “there may be little expectation that there shall be substantive negotiations a couple of contract extension earlier than Alonso hits free company” after the upcoming season. The favored 29-year-old hired Scott Boras as his new agent this previous fall and was closely linked with the Cubs shortly after the 2023 common season ended. 

David Stearns formally turned Mets president of baseball operations in early October and has repeatedly stated he doesn’t “anticipate” buying and selling Alonso this winter. That, after all, means little because it pertains to the “Polar Bear” presumably signing with both the Cubs or Yankees this coming fall. 

Licata generated headlines and controversy when he said in August that “Alonso was made out there” to different groups earlier than this previous summer season’s commerce deadline partly as a result of the Mets wanted “a big change in that clubhouse and their tradition.” Alonso later mentioned he’d “by no means seen” and did not know “the one who stated that,” and Licata clarified in September that “no one ever stated Pete was the issue” for a 2023 Mets aspect that completed with a 75-87 report. 

For a chunk revealed Tuesday morning, MLB insider Joel Sherman of the New York Publish famous he can envision the Mets “no less than listening” to commerce affords from different golf equipment for Alonso’s companies in July. For no matter causes, in-the-know people proceed to take a position that Alonso is not all-in on remaining with the one MLB house he is recognized since 2019 past the 2024 season.