{"id":26050,"date":"2025-01-14T07:02:10","date_gmt":"2025-01-14T07:02:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=26050"},"modified":"2025-01-14T07:02:10","modified_gmt":"2025-01-14T07:02:10","slug":"breaking-sean-manaea-implores-mets-to-bring-back-workout-buddy-pete-alonso","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=26050","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Sean Manaea implores Mets to bring back workout buddy Pete Alonso"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sean Manaea\u2019s three-year, $75 million deal was a significant part of what\u2019s been a busy Mets offseason so far \u2014 and he hopes it\u2019s not done.<\/p>\n

The left-hander has already been teammates in San Diego with newly signed Met Juan Soto and he\u2019s been working out at a gym in Tampa alongside Pete Alonso, who remains a free agent.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve done an incredible job this offseason: We got Juan and some other things,\u2019\u2019 Manaea said during a Zoom call Monday. \u201cHopefully, a couple other things happen.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Sean Manaea signed a three-year, $75 million deal to return to the Mets. Charles Wenzelberg\/New York Post<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Manaea said he \u201cvery much\u201d wants Alonso to return to the Mets, but the two sides remain apart in their negotiations.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m always gonna support him and I\u2019d definitely love to have him back on the Mets and be our first baseman,\u2019\u2019 Manaea said. \u201cHopefully, we can get that done, but whatever happens, I\u2019ll be happy for him.\u201d<\/p>\n

The two have spent most days at Diesel Optimization in Tampa, although Manaea said Alonso \u201cshows up earlier than I do.\u201d<\/p>\n

While Manaea and the Mets wait on Alonso, they\u2019re looking ahead to 2025, which will feature Soto in the outfield with his mammoth 15-year, $765 million deal.<\/p>\n

The two played together in San Diego after Soto\u2019s trade deadline arrival from Washington in 2022.<\/p>\n

Manaea called Soto \u201camazing.\u201d<\/p>\n