Pete Alonso

Do I think he should be a first baseman forever?

No.

But there's a certain element to it that's passable if you have a good defense.

And I think he completely changes the Orioles.

I love him in this lineup.

I love him behind Gunnar Henderson.

Now they have a left-right-left thing going on at the top.

That ballpark, as we know, is a great place to hit home runs.

So he's going to hit a ton of them.

He's going to invigorate these young guys, and he's got a great Gregorius personality, and he'll connect with the fans instantly just the same way he did in New York.

So there's so much to like about Pete.

I understand the drawbacks.

I get it.

But I think when you look around the landscape of the league,

especially this offseason.

It was him and Schwarber.

Those are two guys with the power that can transform a lineup.

Philly knew what they had and that they couldn't let it go, and I think that Baltimore kind of lucked out that they were able to pivot right to Pete.

I do like him as well.

I definitely liked him in Boston as well.