As a winter storm is set to hit to hit New York City, it’s fitting that the “Polar Bear” is returning to the Big Apple. Pete Alonso, the New York Mets’ beloved first baseman, will be back with the team for the upcoming season after an offseason-contract negotiation that seemed dead before a recent revival.

On an emergency episode of The Mets Pod presented by Tri-State Cadillac, Connor Rogers and Joe DeMayo are excited to close the book on the free agency of Pete Alonso, with the final chapter bringing the slugger back to Queens.