Pete Alonso

Before we get into today's program, we'd like to acknowledge some guests who are here with us today.

First, members of the Boris Corporation, Bill Glovna and Ori Carey.

Thank you both for being here.

Orioles team president, Katie Griggs, Orioles manager, Craig Albernaz, and his wife, Genevieve, and Orioles bench coach, Donnie Ecker.

Thank you all for being here.

We'd also like to welcome our wonderful partners at T. Rowe Price.

Thank you all for being here.

Finally, we'd like to recognize the media.

We want to thank all of you for your coverage to help build the excitement for this special day for the organization.

At this time, I'll turn it over to Orioles President of Baseball Operations and General Manager, Mike Elias.

Thank you, Nate.

Hello, everybody.

Welcome and thank you for coming.

As Nate said, this is a very momentous and historic day for the Orioles franchise, but also for us this offseason as we build the team of 2026 and beyond.

Pete Alonso has been

one of the elite sluggers in all of Major League Baseball really since debuting in 2019.

I think he hit 56 home runs in his debut and he's since then been one of the most consistent, prolific and durable players in our sport since that time.

And the consistency

that he's demonstrated, the passion to play, the care that he has for his teammates and for wins and losses is something that's really hard to come by.

So when we had an opportunity