Outside The Confines: Let’s stay together

Good morning.

Here’s what sealed the deal between the Mets and Pete Alonso.

• The Mets re-signed free agent first baseman Pete Alonso to a two-year, $54 million deal with an opt out after one season.
• Jake Mintz writes that in the staring contest between Alonso and the Mets, Alonso and his agent Scott Boras blinked first.
• Michael Baumann thinks that both the Mets and Alonso came to their senses. He also evaluates what kind of player Alonso should be going forward.