Alonso agreed to a two-year, $54 million deal to return to the Mets on February 12, after three months of negotiations. Midway through the chase, owner Steve Cohen said negotiations with the free agent first baseman were "exhausting," a sentiment the player did not share.

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Alonso, along with Cohen and Mets stars Jeff McNeil and Brandon Nimmo, were on hand for the TGL match at SoFi Center, Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, a 30-minute trip down the road from the team’s spring training facility in Port St. Lucie.