Just before Mets owner Steve Cohen answered a question about where things stand with Alonso, a homegrown star and free agent first baseman, during a panel discussion, a spirited crowd began chanting, “Let’s Sign Pete! Let’s sign Pete! Let’s sign Pete!”

Many Mets fans attempted to send a message to the front office about Pete Alonso. The front office redirected the message to Scott Boras.

from the moment Cohen, president of baseball operations David Stearns and Carlos Mendoza joined the panel hosted by SNY broadcaster Gary Cohen. As chants of "Pe-te" continued, Stearns decided to ...

New York Mets owner Steve Cohen, top baseball operations executive David Stearns, and manager Carlos Mendoza held a forum during the team's fan fest event on Saturday. Predictably, the group was met with "We want Pete" chants from onlookers hoping to persuade the braintrust into entering a new agreement with longtime first baseman and current free agent Pete Alonso.

It also didn't take long for Alonso's agent, the notorious Scott Boras, to offer a response to Cohen's sentiment, which was conveyed in a January 25 article from The Athletic's Will Sammon.

New York Mets owner Steve Cohen spoke candidly about the ongoing negotiations with Pete Alonso and said he made a "significant offer" to the free agent slugger.

NEW YORK — It appears Pete Alonso is going, going, gone. The first Amazin’ Day fan fest at Citi Field did not bring with it a dramatic resolution to Alonso’s free agent saga — but did seem to confirm the New York Mets’ most popular and prolific power hitter is likely to sign elsewhere as spring training nears.

During Saturday's Amazin' Day fan fest at Citi Field, a “We Want Pete” chant broke out during a session featuring New York Mets manager Carlos Mendoza ... led by agent Scott Boras, who ...