LAS VEGAS — To set the scene a bit, the work rooms at the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas were eerily quiet Monday as the MLB general manager meetings got underway. Members of the media, team personnel and even league personnel haven’t been immune to the air traffic troubles plaguing the United States due to the government shutdown. Rarely is Las Vegas quiet, but a slow start is on-brand for the GM meetings to begin with.

While gambling allegations are at the forefront of baseball this week, when it comes to the hot stove season, Pete Alonso is at the center of it all. Mets fans desperately want to know if the team will re-sign the homegrown first baseman, who recently opted out of the second year of his contract to become a free agent for the second straight winter. It’s unlikely anything

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