The Baltimore Orioles may have pulled out the biggest move of Major League Baseball's Winter Meetings when they signed slugger Pete Alonso to a five-year contract that is worth $155 million.

The Orioles signed Alonso away from the New York Mets, the team that he had risen to stardom with during his seven-year career. Alonso is a 5-time All-Star and a 2-time winner of the Home Run Derby at the annual Major League All-Star Game.

It was expected that the Boston Red Sox would make a strong run at Alonso and the Mets would also make an effort to keep him. However, the Orioles offered Alonso more money than the Red Sox did and the Mets did not appear to make a significant offer to retain him.

Baltimore had shown significant interest Philadelphia Phillies slugger Kyle Schwarber, but they w

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