{"id":25056,"date":"2025-01-10T23:24:07","date_gmt":"2025-01-10T23:24:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=25056"},"modified":"2025-01-10T23:24:07","modified_gmt":"2025-01-10T23:24:07","slug":"update-pete-alonso-should-take-hometown-discount-to-stay-with-mets-and-cement-his-brand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=25056","title":{"rendered":"UPDATE: Pete Alonso should take &#8216;hometown discount&#8217; to stay with Mets and cement his brand"},"content":{"rendered":"<section data-main-component=\"article\">\n<section>\n<nav aria-label=\"Navigation Menu\" data-editable=\"settings\" data-uri=\"www.audacy.com\/_components\/top-nav\/instances\/default@published\"><\/nav>\n<\/section>\n<header><\/header>\n<section>\n<section data-editable=\"main\">\n<article role=\"main\" data-authors=\"Ryan Chichester, Evan Tiki\" data-headline=\"Tiki: Pete Alonso should take 'hometown discount' to stay with Mets and cement his brand\" data-hosts=\"\" data-publish-date=\"2025-01-09\" data-section-front=\"sports\" data-sources=\"\" data-station-slug=\"wfan\" data-syndication=\"original\" data-tags=\"MLB, New York Mets, Pete Alonso, Evan and Tiki, Heard on WFAN\" data-track-type=\"article-detail\" data-uri=\"www.audacy.com\/_components\/article\/instances\/cm5pjd10i000f01v1uxlmxij5@published\">\n<header><\/header>\n<section>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div data-editable=\"stationLogo\">\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,w_3882,h_2183,x_0,y_49\/c_fill,w_720,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images\/GettyImages\/mmsport\/229\/01jg4kpwrxtk5ctza124.jpg\" alt=\"Sounds like Pete Alonso isn't willing to give Mets close to a hometown discount\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div data-editable=\"content\">\n<p data-editable=\"text\" data-uri=\"www.audacy.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm5pjd10i000e01v1h1xtz6cd@published\">As Pete Alonso\u2019s free agency drags on with just over a month until pitchers and catchers report to spring training, his market clearly isn\u2019t as robust as the first baseman\u2019s camp hoped, and per reports, remains far apart in negotiations with the Mets.<\/p>\n<p data-editable=\"text\" data-uri=\"www.audacy.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm5pq1vcq000t357p3m3w9th2@published\">With time running out to make a decision, Tiki Barber says it\u2019s time for the lifelong Met to prioritize his legacy over a payday, and seek a return to Queens even if it means taking less money than he may get elsewhere.<\/p>\n<p data-editable=\"text\" data-uri=\"www.audacy.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm5pq1ve9000u357pc5gr2vfd@published\">\u201cIt becomes really damaging to him as a brand, as an entity,\u201d Tiki said. \u201cLet\u2019s say he goes to the Diamondbacks and is good but not great. Are the Diamondbacks really going to cherish him or retire his number? If he leaves the Mets, he hasn\u2019t won anything. How are the Mets going to remember him? As someone who jilted them when he had a chance to make some money and fired his agent to hire Scott Boras, and held everybody hostage until he got the most money he possibly could?<\/p>\n<p data-editable=\"text\" data-uri=\"www.audacy.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm5pq1vft000v357pzwxkg9zu@published\">\u201cI almost feel like Pete Alonso&#8230;he needs to take the hometown discount like David Wright said. I know this from personal experience. I wasn\u2019t a highly sought after free agent&#8230;but innately, I knew I couldn\u2019t leave New York. I hadn\u2019t done enough yet.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-editable=\"text\" data-uri=\"www.audacy.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm5pq1vh2000w357pwffjz7as@published\">For Tiki, he remains grateful for staying with Big Blue, as that decision made him a household name within the franchise, and by making his post-playing career in New York as well, it has done wonders for his brand. He hopes Alonso can do the same, and become one of the rare players to spend his entire career in a Mets uniform, which will do more for him than taking more money to play with a different franchise.<\/p>\n<p data-editable=\"text\" data-uri=\"www.audacy.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm5pq1vij000x357pze6q6qwa@published\">\u201cIf I had left New York in 2000&#8230;Giants fans wouldn\u2019t remember me&#8230;it wouldn\u2019t have mattered,\u201d Tiki said. \u201cI still feel like spending my entire career with the Giants gave me a memorable legacy, especially if you were a certain age&#8230;and that\u2019s because I stayed.<\/p>\n<p data-editable=\"text\" data-uri=\"www.audacy.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cm5pq1vk2000y357p9k70b092@published\">\u201cStaying in one place &#8211; especially when the options aren\u2019t great other places &#8211; might be the best thing for Pete&#8230;I think at some point, Pete is going to have to make a decision on whether this is about Scott Boras or Pete Alonso and what his brand and legacy is, especially if he stays with the Mets.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/article>\n<\/section>\n<\/section>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tiki Barber says Pete Alonso should take less money to remain with the Mets if that\u2019s what it takes to cement his legacy and brand in New York.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":25057,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25056","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>UPDATE: Pete Alonso should take &#039;hometown discount&#039; 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