The circumstances aren’t an exact duplicate. Pete Alonso played only for the Mets before the Orioles signed him as a free agent. Bobby Bonilla split his first season between the White Sox and Pirates,

A person with knowledge of the agreement says the Baltimore Orioles have agreed to a $155 million, five-year deal with slugger Pete Alonso.

Former Orioles skipper Buck Showalter knows the type of player and person Baltimore added in slugger Pete Alonso.

When the news broke that Pete Alonso was headed to the Orioles, former teammate Todd Frazier had to break the devastating news to his Mets -loving son. The reaction? “Fake news,” his son texted back, unable to process that the beloved Polar Bear was really leaving Queens.

In one of the biggest moves of the MLB offseason, five-time All-Star first baseman Pete Alonso signed a five-year, $155 million contract with the Baltimore Orioles. Alonso had spent his entire seven-year career with the New York Mets before signing his new deal.

Pete Alonso was taken aback, nearly speechless at first. His new boss, the person who will sign his very large paychecks for the next five years, had just compared him to one of the greatest hitters of all time — and one of the best players to ever don an Orioles uniform.

Just when you thought Pete Alonso’s Mets finale was over. On Saturday, the Orioles’ new $155 million first baseman attended the wedding of Mets pitcher A.J. Minter, as chronicled in a series of Instagram Stories shared by Alonso’s wife,