ORLANDO — The Mets didn’t see Pete Alonso as a player valuable enough to sign for more than a few years and more than $100 million. Yet the star first baseman received a larger contract than Kyle Schwarber on Wednesday when he agreed to terms with the Baltimore Orioles for a five-year, $155 million deal, only one day after Edwin Diaz signed with the Los Angeles Dodgers for a contract worth only $3 million more than what the Mets offered.

President of baseball operations David Stearns has effectively broken up the core of the team that was in place long before he took over two years ago. No longer will Brandon Nimmo be signing autographs until the ink runs out at Citi Field. No longer will the trumpets blare in the ninth inning for Diaz. No longer will Alonso hit gamebreaking home runs.

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