Jones & Keefe: Pete Alonso to the Orioles is a disaster for the Red Sox

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00:00First baseman Pete Alonzo and the Baltimore Orioles, he spelled Red Sox wrong, are finalizing a five-year, $155 million contract.

00:09Sources tell ESPN Alonzo leaves the Mets to make a loaded AL East even better.

00:19Bradford was right.

00:21Score one for Bradford.

00:21He had that horn ready.

00:24So this is a double whammy.

00:25The most significant part is he's not on the Red Sox.

00:29The other part is he goes to the Orioles.

00:31So it's one thing if he stayed with the Mets, it'd be annoying.

00:33I'd be mad about it.

00:34Yeah, he's in the National League.

00:35You bring him here.

00:35You get to see him 13 times a year or whatever it is.

00:37See you in the World Series, Polar Bear.

00:39Holy smokes.

00:40This is devastating.

00:41This was a part of everybody's plan.

00:43They needed a big power hitter.

00:44Breslau even said as much.

00:46They need a first baseman.

00:47He wasn't going to cost you $400 million, or in the case of his Mets teammate last year, $700 million.

00:55He cost you $155 for five years.

00:59How much was Rafael Devers getting for the next, like, 10 years?

01:03You got rid of all that contract.

01:04You were paying him way more.

01:06This guy plays every single game and socks dingers.

01:10Do you?

01:11I think he's a better player than Devers.

01:12He is.

01:12So that's what I think.

01:14So this is frustrating.

01:15He's a righty bat, which they've been, like, desperate for.

01:18Oh, he's a better fit.

01:19Yeah.

01:19But the fit's perfect.

01:21I agree.

01:21That's what's so frustrating about this.

01:23Because even Schwarber, you and I both like Schwarber, but you're like, all right, kind of a DH, lefty stick.

01:27Like, I'll take him.

01:28Don't get me wrong.

01:28I will take out Schwarber.

01:30But you're like, Pete Alonso, hit him third or fourth in the lineup.

01:33Have him right around Roman Anthony and maybe Bregman back.

01:36Just count on a million home runs.

01:38You can now trade Costas or do whatever you want with him.

01:40And you're good to go for four years, five years.

01:42The fit is perfect, too, because.

01:44The contract's not crazy.

01:45No, that's exactly it.

01:46So, like, Passon said, he's got the following tweet, Alonzo's deal with the Orioles gives him the highest AAV ever for a first baseman, AAV.

01:53He winds up with $185 million, including a $30 million salary last year.

01:57So he's talking about playing the game for Boris.

01:59He's doing Boris a favor, basically.

02:01Yeah, yeah.

02:01And followed the same track record as Matt Chapman and Blake Snell, taking a short-term deal and turning it into a bounty.

02:05Maybe there's a separate discussion there about Bregman to put to the side.

02:08Yeah, yeah.

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