Less than 24 hours after New York Giants icon Tiki Barber publicly advised free-agent first baseman Pete Alonso to give the New York Mets a "hometown discount" to return to what's been the only MLB home of Alonso's career last week,

Alonso remains the top power hitter available, but as a first baseman with little value outside of his bat, his market has not developed as he hoped. Most recently, the four-time All-Star’s camp extended an exclusive offer to the Mets, believed to be for three years with a high average annual value.

At some point the Mets either have to hear that Alonso is willing to accept their financial view of him or will get more aggressive elsewhere, probably pretty soon.