Pete Alonso did not want to bring too much attention to himself before he decided to sign with the Orioles in free agency.

As a free agent for the second consecutive year, Pete Alonso is going to take a more direct approach with the hopes of securing the long-term contract he was unable to secure last winter.

This article was originally published on www.si.com/college/florida as Former Gator Pete Alonso Makes UF History with New MLB Contract. Former Florida Gators star Pete Alonso is on the move, signing a five-year, $155 million contract out of free agency with the Baltimore Orioles after a seven-year stint with the New York Mets.

The Baltimore Orioles made a big splash by signing slugger Pete Alonso for five years and $155 million. Splash No. 2 could be free-agent pitcher Framber Valdez.

The MLB Winter Meetings were not kind to Mets fans. One day after Edwin Díaz fled Flushing to join the Dodgers, Pete Alonso took a monster five-year, $155 million contract with the Orioles.

The unusually quiet Winter Meetings are in the books, so who were baseball's biggest winners and losers this week?

Standing on a podium with his agency logo serving as a backdrop, took questions from a large gathering of reporters at the Hilton Signia hotel lobby and addressed the status of both Alex Bregman and Pete Alonso, two Red Sox targets.

The Boston Red Sox's biggest need is obvious at this point and has been discussed daily for a couple of months. Boston needs power in the middle of the lineup.