The Baltimore Orioles and the Boston Red Sox are going to meet with Pete Alonso this week, while the New York Mets remain in waiting mode. Meanwhile, the team has shown a reluctance to offer long contracts to free agent pitchers.

Pete Alonso to hold discussions with 2 teams at Winter Meetings, Mets still in limbo

Pete Alonso’s free agency has become a study in conflicting realities — the Mets’ emotional attachment to their franchise slugger and the league’s colder, age-conscious market. His 264 home runs with New York remain a powerful reminder of what he brings, but at 31, teams aren’t eager to commit deep into the future. Alonso and Scott Boras began the winter pushing for seven years, yet even securing four or five is no guarantee in a league wary of aging first basemen with limited d

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