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The New York Mets don't expect to negotiate with slugger Pete Alonso on a long-term contract before he tests free agency next offseason.
That's according to president of baseball operations David Stearns, who laid out his expectations regarding Alonso at a Monday news conference. He summed up his assessment as an acknowledgment of dealing with agent Scott Boras, with whom Alonso signed in October.
"I think that's probably the most likely outcome," Stearns said when asked if he anticipated the absence of negotiations with Alonso until next offseason. "We're not going to get into the specifics of any particular negotiation. ...
"But, look, when you have a really talented player, who's really good, who's entering his final year of club control, who happens to be represented by Scott Boras, these things generally end up into free agency, and we understand that. This is an organization that's dealt with that before."
Stearns, who was hired in October from the Milwaukee Brewers, said he had not met with Alonso since taking the job.
Alonso, 29, is slated to play on a one-year, $20.5 million arbitration deal this season. He'll hit free agency for the first time next offseason in the absence of a long-term contract with the Mets.
Alonso is one of baseball's best power hitters. He has made three All-Star teams in his five MLB seasons, including the past two. He led the NL in home runs as a rookie in 2019 with 53. He hit 46 homers in 2023 and 40 in 2022 while leading the league with 131 RBI.
Daniel Weinman was crowned winner of the 2023 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event on Monday, taking home a record breaking $12.1 million in winnings. Weinman had to outlast the other 10,043 entrants to take home the prize and get his hands on his share of live poker’s largest ever prize pool – a staggering $93,399,900. As well as taking home the prize money, 35-year-old Weinman also got his hands on the WSOP Main Event bracelet. The huge bracelet contains 500 grams of 10-karat yellow gold, as well as 2,352 various precious gemstones.
Daniel Weinman won the World Series of Poker's main event world championship on Monday in Las Vegas, earning $12.1 million along the way. Playing in the tournament for a 16th year, Weinman was tops in a deep pool of 10,043 players vying for $93.39 million. His victory came after just 164 hands at the final table. "I was honestly on the fence about even coming back and playing this tournament," the 35-year-old Atlanta native told reporters afterward. Weinman's final table featured Jan-Peter Jachtmann, who landed in fourth place and took home $3 million, as well as Toby Lewis, who finished seventh and secured $1.42 million. According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the main event's entry pool far outpaced the previous record of 8,773 set in 2006. "I've always kind of felt that poker was kind of going in a dying direction, but to see the numbers at the World Series this year has been incredible," Weinman said. "And to win this main event, it doesn't feel real. I mean, [there's] so much luck in a poker tournament. I thought I played very well." Steven Jones finished second, securing $6.5 million. And Adam Walton settled for third and a $4 million prize.
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