Pete Alonso opted to sign a shorter-term deal with a higher first-year value to stay with the Mets. with an opt-out after year one on Wednesday night by pa sing up another offer from the Mets, . The Mets had offered a three-year, $71 million deal as well Avery Bradley Jersey to keep Alonso in Queens. Pete Alonso is coming back to the Mets. Jason Szenes / New York Post Neverthele s, the first baseman agreed to the shorter contract which includes an opt-out clause for the second year and will pay him $30 million in the first year betting on himself to earn a longer-term deal with his play next season. The decision follows the tactics that other Scott Boras clients have followed, that Blake Snell, Carlos Correa and Matt Chapman have all followed similar paths and have ended up with multi-year contracts the next year. Explore More Mets fans, ownership and Alonso himself are likely all happy to finally have this put to bed after an extended offseason of contract negotiations dragging on. Alonso has been the face of the Mets after playing his entire career with the organization, which selected him in the second round of the 2016 MLB Draft. The slugger has hit 226 home runs dating back to 2019, which ranks second only behind another New York slugger, Yankees outfielder Aaron Judge (232). Pete Alonso signed a two-year deal with an opt-out. Noah K. Murray-NY Post Hes also coming off a season in which his regular season left a bit to be desired but he enshrined himself into the hearts of Mets fans even more with his postseason performance, which included his in Game 3 of the wild-card round. The free agent market never panned out quite the way Alonso likely belieived it would, but now he returns to a Mets lineup that now includes Juan Soto, who the Mets signed earlier this offseason to a . LeBron James Jersey