The gods won’t save Baltimore, but Pete Alonso might.

The former Mets slugger was introduced by his new team at Camden Yards on Friday afternoon, after signing a five-year, $155 million contract during the Winter Meetings. One thing was certainly made clear: The Baltimore Orioles wanted the first baseman badly during free agent negotiations. Alonso appreciates how much they appreciate him.

Owner David Rubenstein even went so far as to compare the acquisition of Alonso to the trade for Frank Robinson in 1965.

“When I was in high school in Baltimore in 1966, the Orioles brought onto the team a young, 30-year-old player was going to meld with the young players that the team already had, like Jim Palmer, Brooks Robinson,” he told reporters in Baltimore on Friday. “That player’s name was

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