For free agents, spring training is something of a soft signing deadline. No one wants to be without a job when camp opens. Free agents want to know where they're playing, where they're going to live,

Pete Alonso may have given the Mets exclusive negotiating rights for a three-year deal that includes opt-outs, but president of baseball operations David Stearns does not appear willing to budge from the predetermined price he is willing to pay for the slugging first baseman.

With spring training a month away, reports indicate the New York Mets want slugging first baseman Pete Alonso to agree to a new contract or they will move on.