Pete Alonso re-signs with Mets on two-year, $54 million contract to end free agency saga

The Mets are running it back with one of their biggest homegrown stars.Pete Alonso has agreed to a two-year, $54 million to remain with the Mets, The Post’s Jon Heyman confirmed.It includes a $10 million signing bonus.The reunion gives Mets fans an extra present after the team signed superstar slugger Juan Soto to the largest contract in professional sports earlier this month. After Soto’s decision, Alonso remained one of the biggest names on the free agent market, and speculation mounted over his future home.

The resolution ends a long contract staredown between the two sides.Alonso, 30, has been a fan favorite during his six seasons in Queens, and he further endeared himself during the Mets’ magical postseason run to the NLCS with his game-winning home run against the Brewers in Game 3 of the wild-card round. Earlier in December, Mets owner Steve Cohen expressed hope that Alonso would remain with the ballclub when all was said and done. “We think he is a great bat, and we’re still engaged,” Cohen told reporters on Dec.12.

“We hope that he stays.”And Alonso has spoken previously about wanting to remain with the Mets. After they lost Game 6 in the NLCS to the Dodgers, Alonso told reporters: “I love being a New York Met.” “I love this team.I love this organization.

This fan base has treated not just myself but my family so well,” Alonso said.“Right now, I’m just thinking of the group.

Obviously, we’ll see what happens.We’ll cross that bridge when we get there.

But I love New York.… The memories we’ve made here are just, wow.

This is why we play baseball.”Alonso has been a star for the Amazin’s since he arrived in 2019.Outside of Aaron Judge, no player has hit more home runs in those five years than Alonso with his 226.The Polar Bear hit an MLB rookie record of 53 home runs during his first season and has a pair of Home Run Derby crowns to his name. Alonso appeared in all 162 regular season games last season — the...