On Friday, Pete Alonso will put on another team’s cap and jersey for the first time of his professional career, something that he probably never imagined during happier times in Flushing.

Seeing him in that black-and-orange Orioles gear, standing on a stage at Camden Yards, is going to be weird. Just as it was when Jacob deGrom was introduced wearing a Rangers uniform at Globe Life Field back in 2022.

At least deGrom got an offer from the Mets, albeit one that was easily refused. Alonso didn’t receive that courtesy, and after 14 months of relative indifference from the front office, he finally took the hint -- and a five-year, $155 million contract from the Orioles.

We had our suspicions the Mets’ winter was trending in this direction when president of baseball ops David Stearns stunnin

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