Hello, friends.

There are now 105 days remaining until Orioles Opening Day 2026. Today will probably not be as exciting as yesterday was, unless Mike Elias is really, truly determined to knock off another major piece of business before this week comes to a close.

As I’m writing this, it’s been several hours now since the news broke that the Orioles have agreed to a contract (pending physical) with Pete Alonso. It goes against everything that we have seen from Elias over the past few years, including just this season, when he avoided any expenditure bigger than Tyler O’Neill – which, in year one, looked like a huge mistake. The rest of the roster faltered without high-end reinforcements and we got what we got in Birdland.

Now, the Polar Bear is coming. He is not coming cheap. His five-ye

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