{"id":217185,"date":"2026-05-01T22:37:17","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T22:37:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/217185\/"},"modified":"2026-05-01T22:37:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T22:37:17","slug":"back-in-new-york-as-an-oriole-pete-alonso-thinks-struggling-mets-will-be-just-fine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/217185\/","title":{"rendered":"Back in New York as an Oriole, Pete Alonso thinks struggling Mets will be \u2018just fine\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pete Alonso<\/a> will have to wait a bit longer to make his highly-anticipated return to Citi Field, but the slugger is back in the Big Apple for the first time this weekend as the Orioles visit the Yankees<\/a> for a four-game set.<\/p>\n

Prior to Friday’s series opener, the big man described it to reporters as a bit of a trip down memory lane.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThere\u2019s a lot of things to think about being here for so long,\u201d he said. \u201cMy first taste of professional baseball was playing for the Cyclones and then working my way up from there — a lot of memories here for my family and I.<\/p>\n

\u201cLast time we were here, I remember going to Mount Sinai with my wife and coming out a family of three, so it\u2019s special because you look down memory lane — there\u2019s a lot of great baseball memories and personal ones too.\u201d<\/p>\n

Alonso appreciated his time and the memories while with the Mets<\/a>, but he\u2019s excited to represent Baltimore<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m extremely stoked to be where I\u2019m at,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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The slugger has gotten off to a slow start at the plate this season, but the Orioles have been playing much better baseball of late as a team, taking home two of three series to close April.<\/p>\n

As far as his old squad, though, things continue to trend south.<\/p>\n

The Mets, of course, closed April with a 3-6 homestand, putting them in sole possession of MLB’s worst record.<\/p>\n

While things are going poorly now, Alonso still thinks they can turn it around.<\/p>\n

\u201cEvery team goes through ups and downs,\u201d he told SNY\u2019s Michelle Margaux. \u201cEvery person on the planet wrote off the 2024 Mets until we made it happen — there\u2019s tough times everywhere, but there\u2019s more of a microscope in New York<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt sucks in the now, but they have talent and they\u2019ll be just fine.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Pete Alonso will have to wait a bit longer to make his highly-anticipated return to Citi Field, but…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":217186,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[36074,85625,2032,9,11,10,5419,45312,59396,16301],"class_list":["post-217185","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-baltimore","tag-baseball-memories","tag-mets","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-pete-alonso","tag-professional-baseball","tag-the-orioles","tag-yankees"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217185","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=217185"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217185\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/217186"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=217185"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=217185"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=217185"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}