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

Free agent first baseman Pete Alonso remains unsigned less than a week from February, and New York Mets owner Steve Cohen got "brutally honest" during an event Saturday about winter negotiations with the team's longtime slugger.

The Mets and Alonso continued to engage in contract talks into the new year, but the two sides were said to be some ways apart financially. The Mets have since seemingly pivoted, signing outfielder Jesse Winker and left-handed reliever A.J. Minter .

New York Mets owner Steve Cohen sharply criticized the negotiations with free agent first baseman Pete Alonso in a public event with fans Saturday.

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!”

In Cohen's 'brutally honest" assessment, he expressed his displeasure with the way discussions have gone with Alonso's camp.

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.”

Chants of “We want Pete” started up among Mets fans Saturday as the team’s key decision makers sat down for a panel at Citi Field. The chants grew louder about 20 minutes later when Pete Alonso’s name was mentioned.

The contract negotiations between Pete Alonso and the New York Mets appear to have hit an additional rough patch. At the organization's "Amazin' Day,"

New York Mets owner Steve Cohen and agent Scott Boras are engaging in a war of words over contact negotiations for first baseman Pete Alonso.

There were several intriguing moments from the New York Mets' January 25 Amazin' Day fan fest event at Citi Field. However, the most compelling was surely what