The Mets are the only team Pete Alonso has played for since breaking into the majors in 2019, and he said that as much as he wanted to return to New York, hearing from management they wanted him back helped seal the deal.

PORT ST. LUCIE — The Mets can expect a “motivated” Pete Alonso this season. David Stearns, the team’s president of baseball operations, used that description of the slugging first baseman Wednesday after Alonso’s two-year contract worth $54 million for a return to the Mets became official.

A return to the New York Mets provided first baseman Pete Alonso with the "best opportunity." “For me, this was it,” Alonso told reports. “I mean, throughout the entire offseason, we had the best dialogue from the Mets.