O's land a top free agent: Pete Alonso is headed to the Orioles

Alonso has averaged 111.4 RBIs the past five seasons

As this offseason began, the O’s clearly had a need to add starting pitching. And while that still may happen for the Orioles, clearly team president Mike Elias also had a strong focus to upgrade the Baltimore offense.

After adding outfielder Taylor Ward via trade, today the O’s reached agreement on a free agent contract with first baseman Pete Alonso, o…