The Mets saw the light and resigned Pete "Big Stack" Alonso to a two-year contract for $54 million with two opt-out clauses over the next two seasons. New York desperately needed his bat behind Juan Soto in their lineup.

The Los Angeles Dodgers have seemed awfully comfortable taking up the role of baseball’s Evil Empire. Consider their activity. Not even two days after signing Japanese star pitcher Roki Sasaki last month,

PORT ST. LUCIE — The Mets can expect a “motivated” Pete Alonso this season. David Stearns, the team’s president of baseball operations, used that description of the slugging first baseman Wednesday after Alonso’s two-year contract worth $54 million for a return to the Mets became official.