Former New York Mets first baseman Pete Alonso is reportedly finalizing a five-year, $155 million contract with the Baltimore Orioles, sources with knowledge of the situation confirmed to ESPN 's Jeff Passan on Wednesday (December 10).

"BREAKING: First baseman Pete Alonso and the Baltimore Orioles are finalizing a five-year, $155 million contract, sources tell ESPN. Alonso leaves the Mets to make a loaded AL East even better," Passan wrote on his X account. "Pete Alonso’s deal with the Orioles gives him the highest AAV ever for a first baseman. He winds up with $185 million, including his $30 million salary last year, and followed the same track Matt Chapman and Blake Snell did, taking a short-term deal and turning it into a bounty."

Alonso, 31, was an All-Star for the fifth time

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