Pete Alonso has been formally introduced as a Baltimore Orioles player, a move many anticipated and one that Mets fans are surely lamenting. He will now wear a new number, No. 25, which holds a special family connection.

Alonso himself confessed that the number on his jersey is significant because it represents the year he and his wife welcomed their first child, born in 2025. It should be recalled that he wore No. 20 during his seven years with the Mets, but that number was unavailable in Baltimore.

Alonso will command a $31 million average annual salary with the Orioles for the next five years, but he stated money was not the sole factor in choosing Baltimore. “As the offseason progressed and we got further along, this partnership was head and shoulders above everybody else. This park,

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