During a panel at the event, as the crowd broke out into chants of "We want Pete" and "Pete Alonso," Cohen got "brutally honest" about the process. The owner said that the Mets had made a "significant" offer to Alonso, but that negotiations had felt lopsided.

New York Mets owner Steve Cohen gave a "brutally honest" update on contract talks with Pete Alonso and claimed negotiations have been harder than those which took place with Juan Soto

Steve Cohen can afford to pay Pete Alonso whatever he wants. The man ranked No. 162 on Bloomberg's Billionaires index has already committed to paying Juan Soto

This was a recurring theme throughout SNY broadcaster Gary Cohen’s conversation with the Mets’ leadership. Later, after Stearns repeated how much the team loves Alonso, their homegrown, free agent first baseman, Stearns expressed that they “also feel really good about the young players that are coming through (the) system.”

The New York Mets held their first winter event for fans in five years at Citi Field on Saturday, and there was one notable absence. Pete Alonso wasn't in attendance because, for the first time since the 2016 draft,

New York Mets owner Steve Cohen admitted to being frustrated by the ongoing contract negotiations with free-agent slugger and longtime Mets first baseman Pete Alonso."I'm being brutally honest. I don't like the negotiations.

Just before Mets owner Steve Cohen answered a question about where things stand with Alonso, a homegrown star and free agent first baseman, during a panel discussion, a spirited crowd began chanting, “Let’s Sign Pete! Let’s sign Pete! Let’s sign Pete!”

Many Mets fans attempted to send a message to the front office about Pete Alonso. The front office redirected the message to Scott Boras.

New York Mets owner Steve Cohen spoke candidly about the ongoing negotiations with Pete Alonso and said he made a "significant offer" to the free agent slugger.