Pete Alonso rejects $50,000,000 deal from AL West team, per sportscaster

Pete Alonso might have to settle for a much shorter deal than anticipated at the start of the offseason. As per San Diego sportscaster Lee Hacksaw Hamilton, the Los Angeles Angels are in the mix for Alonso but have offered him a contract with a much lower AAV than Alonso expects.

Hamilton said on his podcast that the Angels offered the first baseman a two-year $50 million contract. To him, the deal makes no sense because the Halos would also have to give up draft picks.

"There evidently was a conversation about a 2-year, $50 million deal—$25 million per season—that was rejected. Now, I don't know whether the Angels rejected it or Alonso's people, Scott Boras, rejected it. Boras wants Alonso to get the max he can—$31.1 million is what people project. Well, he's not going to get the max if he goes to Anaheim at two years, $25 million per season. Why would the Angels do that?

"Why would the Angels give Alonso two years, $25 million with an opt-out after the first year, and they have to give up two draft picks to sign him because he was given a qualifying offer by the Mets and turned it down? So immediately, it's draft pick compensation. Why would you sign Alonso for a two-year deal with the risk he could opt out after one year, and you lose draft picks too? Right, makes no sense at all," Hamilton said. [4:47]

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Sean Manaea wants Pete Alonso to take his path, reunite with Mets roster

After a season in Queens with Pete Alonso, Mets pitcher Sean Manaea, who signed a three-year $75 million deal with the team, hopes the first baseman will return.

He said in an exclusive interview with SNY on Monday:

“Whatever happens with Pete, I’m always going to support him, but I would definitely love to have him back on the Mets and be our first baseman.

“Hopefully, we can get that done. But whatever happens at the end of the day, I’m going to be happy for him either way.”

Reports suggest that Pete Alonso has given a green signal to his agent Scott Boras to negotiate terms for a three-year contract with the Mets with multiple opt-outs attached.

Earlier in the offseason, the Mets had offered a three-year $90 million deal, which was reportedly way short of his expectations and thus rejected.