Mets' biggest challengers for Pete Alonso free agent contract revealed originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here. Pete Alonso is a New York Mets fan favorite. The entire fanbase would surely like to see the slugging first baseman signed back to Queens in free agency.

The New York Mets and Pete Alonso are once again locked in a familiar dance — the kind where both sides know the rhythm, but neither wants to make the first real move. It’s a bit of déjà vu from last winter,