You may’t say that Steve Cohen isn’t prepared to hearken to the followers.
The Mets proprietor wasn’t afraid to listen to out the followers on the crew’s Port St. Lucie spring coaching facility when one yelled out to the pinnacle honcho.
“You gotta signal [Pete] Alonso!” a fan yelled out in a video posted on X by SNY.
Cohen, who is price $19.8 billion in response to Forbes, clearly heard the fan yell one thing earlier than motioning to his ear since he couldn’t hear precisely what was stated.
“You gotta signal Alonso. You gotta signal him,” the fan repeated. “You understand Alonso. Quantity 20.”
It wasn’t clear which fan made the remark to the Mets proprietor, however he continued to stroll towards a bunch that was behind the batting cage after which engaged with one man carrying an excellent sweatshirt and blue Mets cap and others.
He then posed with the person and different followers for pictures.
As for Alonso, the Mets and their star first baseman haven’t began speaking contract extension but.
Alonso has stated that he needs to stay a Met for the extent of his profession and he informed reporters over the weekend that he “envisioned being a lifelong Met.”
“I’ve been sitting again and listening and the one contract issues that we talked about had been my one-year contract this yr,” Alonso informed reporters at Clover Park on Saturday. “I’m very glad I’m again with this group and I’m stoked to get this yr going and it’s an thrilling time in spring.”
He added that there was no deadline for contract talks between his representatives led by Scott Boras and the Mets.
“There’s no actual commonplace — I’m simply sitting again and listening,” Alonso stated. “There’s no stress. However I can’t reiterate sufficient, my entire focus in spring coaching is to organize so I might be greatest the model of myself throughout the season.”