For Mets fans, it should not really matter how their favorite team got to this point. All that matters is that president of baseball operations David Stearns and owner Steve Cohen got it done, which they did late Wednesday night when they re-signed Pete Alonso to a two-year,

A person familiar with the deal tells The Associated Press that first baseman Pete Alonso is staying with the New York Mets, agreeing to a $54 million, two-year contract.

Alonso has spent his entire MLB career with the Mets as he joined the team in 2019 and has been there ever since. Alonso clobbered 53 home runs during that 2019, immediately emerg