Based on the optics alone, the notion of the New York Mets and slugging first baseman Pete Alonso reuniting does not appear to be the most likely of options.

Alonso and his agent, Scott Boras, are reportedly still searching for the seven-year deal they were unable to find last winter, which ultimately resulted in a two-year bridge deal (plus the opt-out he took) worth $54 million to keep him in Queens.

The 30-year-old's prospects are better than they were this time last year. He's coming off a 38-home-run, 126-RBI campaign in which he set the Mets' all-time home-run record, further cementing his status as one of the game's elite sluggers.

But his defense remains shaky, and president of baseball operations David Stearns has made it clear that his offseason priority will center around run

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