Pete Alonso’s arrival at the Baltimore Orioles not only represents a power boost for the team, but also the closing of a painful chapter in the “Polar Bear’s” career.
During spring training, the star reflected with unusual frankness on the collapse of his former team, the Mets, in the 2025 season
After seven campaigns in Queens, Alonso left the Big Apple after an outstanding individual year (.272 average, 38 home runs and 126 RBIs), but one marked by the frustration of falling short of the postseason.
Pete Alonso breaks silence after Mets exit
For Alonso, the Mets’ elimination was not the result of a single mistake, but rather a constant wear and tear that eventually sank them. According to statements reported by The Baltimore Sun, the player described the process as a prolonged agony.
“The 2025 Mets lost the season for nothing, they missed the playoffs by a single game,” Alonso said. “But there were so many little things that happened consistently… that became that kind of slow bleed, slow bleed through time.”
The first baseman stressed that the blame does not lie in the last game, but in the lack of execution beforehand: “It shouldn’t have come down to the last day; because if certain things had changed, or certain plays had been made, then that doesn’t happen.”
Pete Alonso’s new challenges
Now, with the Orioles, the organization hopes Alonso will inject that experience into a young and talented roster. His impact is already being felt by players such as Gunnar Henderson, who has not missed the opportunity to absorb the knowledge of a veteran hardened by the pressure of New York.
“He come from a big market where all the spotlight is on you,” Henderson said. “It’s been great to be able to learn from his experience about how to deal with all that and still go out on the field and give your best.”
The Orioles are confident that Alonso is the missing piece to make the definitive leap in the American League East, so the excitement in 2026 is very high.
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