MLB Rumors: Anthony Santander 'Viable Option' for Mets If Pete Alonso Leaves in FA

The New York Mets could show interest in free-agent right fielder Anthony Santander if the team can't re-sign Pete Alonso, according to MLB Network's Jon Morosi.

"If Pete Alonso does not go back to Flushing, Queens, and if Santander is still unsigned if and when Alonso goes somewhere else, Santander becomes a viable option for the Mets," Morosi said on Thursday (0:38 mark).

Morosi noted that the Mets currently aren't considered "the frontrunners" for the 30-year-old, though.

Jon Heyman of the New York Post reported on Dec. 26 that there was a "sizable gap" in negotiations between Alonso and New York's front office at the time.

On Tuesday, USA Today's Bob Nightengale revealed that the first…