The Baltimore Orioles finally did the loud part. They landed Pete Alonso in a genuine winter-meetings-level splash for a franchise that’s spent the last few years acting like a “splash” was a luxury item.
And now comes the part that can make Orioles fans a little uneasy: what happens after the splash, when roster logic shows up with a calculator and starts asking uncomfortable questions. Well, Mike Elias ma
Mike Elias’ latest quote hints the Orioles may be too comfortable at first base
Because in the same MASN mailbag that dug into the Orioles’ starter hunt (Michael King, Framber Valdez, Ranger Suárez all mentioned as names Baltimore has been tied to), Roch Kubatko was asked the obvious follow-up after the Alonso signing: with first base suddenly crowded, are Ryan Mountcastle or Coby Mayo trade bait?