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Yankees cautious offseason could see them lose top target to Mets again

Pete Alonso going to Baltimore was not just bad news for New York Mets fans. But now that the Orioles have added a 40-homer middle-order force, it’s also a problem for the New York Yankees and the American League East.

But it's not just that the division just got stronger that should worry Yankees fans. Alonso’s five-year, $155 million deal with Baltimore gives the Mets a new opening to chase Cody Bellinger.

And that suddenly puts t he Yankees in a spot they didn’t expect to be in.

When last season ended, a Yankees-Bellinger reunion felt almost inevitable. He’s a left-handed bat made for Yankee Stadium’s short porch. He can play first base alongside Anthony Rizzo or slot into a corn

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