Pete Alonso is ‘one more thing’ Steve Cohen can live without now

At this point, Pete Alonso’s last chance to stay at the Met would be what I’ll call the Carlos Correa paradigm.

And with where the Mets are today structurally and philosophically, where they were when they hit Correa in late December 2022, it would be a Hail Mary at this point for Alonso to stay in Flushing.

You may recall that after Correa failed a physical with the Giants, the Mets pounced with a 12-year, $315 million deal intending to move the star shortstop at third base alongside his friend, Francisco Lindor.

Already in the offseason, the Mets had retained Brandon Nimmo and Edwin Diaz in big free agent deals and had also imported, among others, Justin Verlander, Kodai Senga, Jose Quintana and David Robertson. Signing Correa would have pushed the payroll projection for luxury tax purposes well beyond $380 million.