Three other Scott Boras clients recently opted out of short-term deals after one year, then struck belated free-agent riches.

On Thursday, after Mike Puma of The New York Post reported that Cohen along with Mets president of baseball operations David Stearns flew to Tampa on Tuesday to meet with Alonso at a social club where Alonso belongs, his colleague Jon Heyman revealed what was said during that meeting.

Spring training starts in a few days, but there is still some MLB offseason business to tackle. A handful of notable players remain on the free-agent market, including Alex Bregman. Pete Alonso finally came off the board on Feb.