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Pete Alonso Head to Orioles for $31 million a Year

Add Pete Alonso to the growing list of former Mets who are getting out of dodge. 

Alonso signed a five-year, $155 million deal with ... the Baltimore Orioles. Stunning, I know. 

The slugger was supposed to meet with both the Orioles and Boston Red Sox, and many assumed that the Red Sox, who were coming off a playoff season in 2025 would be the odds on favorite to land him, but no! Instead Alonso heads to the AL East rival Orioles.  

According to Antohny DiComo of MLB.com, the Mets never made a formal offer to Alonso. The Mets were steadfast on going in another direction, and were not interested in committing long term to their man who is first in franchise history in home runs. 

The Mets were steadfast on sticking to a plan of three years on Alonso and were not going to move on it. It's a shame. The Mets under David Stearns are clearly in rebuild mode, and there is no telling what Stearns has up his sleeve as to what this team will ultimately look like come 2026. 

But if one had to venture to guess it's going to be a plethora of young guys out to show that they are major league ready. 

Will the Mets go hard on Kyle Tucker or Alex Bregman or Cody Bellinger? It's hard to say. There are reports they will "check in" or "talk" to certain free agents. They seem to be in talks with the likes of Robert Suarez, a reliever formally of the San Diego Padres, or Michael King, a former Padres starting pitcher. 

Is it enough? No. 

The fanbase confidence right now is decimated, and it will take a lot to get the fans to buy into whatever Stearns and Cohen are selling at this point. 

 Alonso leaves an indelible mark on Mets history. His 264 home runs is the most in franchise history having passed Darryl Strawberry last season. He is 12th all time in games played in a Mets uniform (1008); 11th in At bats (3763); 14th in hits (951); third in RBI (721). 


 

His signature moment came a little over a year ago when he lauched the game winning home run off Devin Williams in the ninth inning of Game 5 of the 2024 NL Wild Card that sent the Mets on a run to Game 6 of the NLCS.  

While Alonso wasn't the greatest defensive first baseman, he was the quintessential Met, one that many thought should have been able to finish his career in blue and orange. But much like many other before him, he won't get that chance. 

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