Pete Alonso's ongoing contract negotiations with the New York Mets have created a significant financial divide. The post MLB Rumors: Over $100M Separates Pete Alonso From Mets After Team’s Shocking Offer Gets Revealed appeared first on EssentiallySports.

The New York Mets and free-agent slugger Pete Alonso are reportedly far apart in negotiations regarding a return to the team. According to Jon Heyman of

While the MLB offseason is heating up, the New York Mets find themselves in a unique position of re-signing Pete Alonso another time.

With their competition for first base satisfying their needs through signings and trades this offseason, the Mets remain the clearest team with a hole. The likely answer, then is that, yes, the Mets want Alonso — at their price, and they’re willing to wait around to make it happen.

The New York Mets are the favorites to land Pete Alonso in free agency, but they could pass on him in order to sign third baseman Alex Bregman.