The polar bears are receiving a warm reception in Queens.
The first baseman Pete Alonso has re-signed the Mets on a two-year, $54 million contract, Post's John Heyman reported Wednesday night.
And the news was excited by many people associated with Amazin's, and even Mets-Adjacent.
Mets' three-base player Mark Vientos, who may not have returned this season, may have been the first baseman of the season, but he has a polar bear emoji on his Instagram story, including transaction news. I shared it.
Longtime Mets radio voice Howie Rose put his point of view on the signing of the corner infielder.
“Maybe Pete Alonso will only play one more year with the Mets, opt out and leave,” Rose writes to X. Either way, if he stays healthy, over the course of this summer he should be the franchise's greatest home run leader ever. That's pretty cool. Welcome, Pete! ”
Gary Cohen, the team's TV play-by-play guy, said in SNY that the Mets have already won the offseason before Alonso.
But now they have secured their position in the division.
“They are national league East favorites and I think the Mets won the offseason,” Cohen said.
Former Mets shortstop Jose Reyes appeared on SNY on Wednesday night before the news of the signature broke, and he spoke about the importance of Alonso's bat and the ability to play most days.
Aside from the covid-shorted 2020 season, Alonso has played at least 150 games each year since the 2019 call-up.
Last year he played 162 regular season games and another 13 in the postseason.
Reyes got a kind of victory lap after the TV hit.
“Thank you for closing out today's SNY deal!” Reyes wrote on x.
Cavaliers superstar and Mets superfan Donovan Mitchell got hooked after signing, writing “What a night” with five exclamations.
Alonso and his 226 career homers will help shape a formidable lineup that includes Francis Colindoor, Brandon Nimo, Juan Soto and Mark Bientos as the Mets try to maintain their pace in the competitive national league .
