Yankees Were Never a Real Threat to Swipe Pete Alonso From The Mets

The New York Mets will most likely never have to live in a reality where Pete Alonso goes to their cross-town rival and hits 50+ home runs a season at Yankee Stadium.

The Yankees, on the other hand, are going to now have to deal with Juan Soto continuing his Hall of Fame track over the next 15 years in Queens.

And despite industry speculation that if Soto went to the Mets, the Yankees could retaliate by luring Alonso to the Bronx, that blueprint was reportedly not in the cards at any point.

According to ESPN's Jorge Castillo, the Yankees were never interested in Alonso even prior to their acquisition of 37-year-old first baseman Paul Goldschmidt.

Before they got Goldschmidt, the Yankees actually tried acquiring Josh Naylor from the Cleveland Guardians, per Castillo. This deal never came to fruition as Naylor was instead dealt to the Arizona Diamondbacks.

Yankees GM Brian Cashman did reveal back in November that he had spoken to agent Scott Boras about Alonso. But it's clear that it was more of a due diligence check-in to get a sense of what his upcoming market might look like.