Free-agent slugger Pete Alonso, most recently of the New York Mets, will meet with the Baltimore Orioles and Boston Red Sox on Tuesday at Major League Baseball’s Winter Meetings.
Mike Puma of the New York Post, who was first to report, added that it was unclear if the Mets will also have a meeting with their all-time home run king.
The Red Sox have been considered a suitor for Alonso for the past year, even when a long-term, big-money offer never came to fruition, which ultimately forced the Polar Bear to take a two-year deal with an opt-out after 2025 worth $54 million to stay in Queens.
Pete Abraham of the Boston Globe reported on Sunday that the Red Sox are being highly regarded by Alonso as a potential landing spot this offseason.
Boston has been aggressive on the open market over the last year. They came away with Alex Bregman last winter and are believed to be pursuing a reunion with the veteran third baseman, along with potential forays into the Kyle Schwarber and Bo Bichette sweepstakes.
Their AL East rivals, the Orioles, are looking to erase what was an overwhelmingly disappointing 2025, doing so by already acquiring Taylor Ward and Ryan Hesley. While they already have Ryan Mountcastle at first, an interest in Alonso suggests they would at least approach 2026, hoping for a slugging platoon between the two at both first base and DH.
Alonso’s market is already shaping up better than it was all of last year, as a number of teams like the Red Sox and San Francisco Giants were only loosely linked. It remains to be seen if he and his agent, Scott Boras, will get that six or seven-year deal worth over $200 million, but there are at least teams willing to sit down and make their pitch.
