During a panel at the event, as the crowd broke out into chants of "We want Pete" and "Pete Alonso," Cohen got "brutally honest" about the process. The owner said that the Mets had made a "significant" offer to Alonso, but that negotiations had felt lopsided.

The Mets are suddenly in the same place strategically trying to replace Pete Alonso as the Yankees were when Juan Soto left for the Mets. Cue, the irony.

Mets owner Steve Cohen was “brutally honest” regarding negotiations with first baseman Pete Alonso’s camp at Amazin’ Day on Saturday. “I don’t like the negotiations,” a visibly angry Cohen said.

Steve Cohen can afford to pay Pete Alonso whatever he wants. The man ranked No. 162 on Bloomberg's Billionaires index has already committed to paying Juan Soto

Over the weekend, Mets owner Steve Cohen fussed about how "exhausting" the negotiations with longtime first baseman and free agent Pete Alonso had become. Just days later, Cohen is again in touch with Alonso and agent Scott Boras,

New York Mets owner Steve Cohen publicly acknowledged that contract talks with free-agent first baseman and Mets fan-favorite Pete Alonso have been "an exhausting" process. It seems Cohen isn't yet ready to completely move on from the 30-year-old slugger.

The Pete Alonso saga has taken over the New York Mets' entire offseason. We saw it on full display this past weekend at the Mets' fan fest at Citi Field. Mets fans chanted for Alonso's return, prompting owner Steve Cohen to give a refreshingly candid answer about the toll the negotiations had taken on him.

It looks like the New York Mets and Pete Alonso saga is far from over despite owner Steve Cohen’s “brutally honest” thoughts on what has been frustrating negotiations. It has been a good offseason for the Mets.