Baltimore Orioles' Pete Alonso Named First Team All-MLB for 2026 Season

Pete Alonso’s first season with the Baltimore Orioles did not end in an October berth, but the veteran first baseman was one of the American League’s best hitters all year. Appearing in 161 games, Alonso hit 43 home runs, drove in 113 runs and posted an .885 OPS in 2026.

He also led the AL in both home runs and RBIs. Baltimore finished 79-82 and fourth in the AL East, finishing the season 18 1/2 games behind division champion Tampa Bay, who would go on to win the pennant, and 4 1/2 games behind the final AL Wild Card position.

Baltimore’s final game was a 6-3 loss against the New York Yankees on Sept. 25, which left the club at 79-82. The Yankees announced in coordination with Major League Baseball that the scheduled series finale would not be played because of the weather forecast, and it was not rescheduled, which kept Alonso from a 162-game season.

The Orioles signed Alonso to a five-year contract in the offseason, keeping him in black and orange through 2030.

Selected by the New York Mets from the University of Florida in the second round of the 2016 MLB Draft, Alonso was the No. 64 overall pick. The right-handed slugger has 307 career home runs, 825 RBIs and an .861 OPS and is the Mets’ all-time home runs leader.

Alonso was the only Orioles player included among the 2026 All-MLB nominees. While Baltimore fell short of the playoffs, Alonso’s regular-season is something the team can feel good about after paying him in the offseason.

The fourth annual MLB Awards were held inside The Chelsea, a venue at The Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas. For Alonso, this is the second First Team selection of his career after MLB chose him at first base in 2019 while he played for New York.

All-MLB voting evaluates regular-season performance across the entire sport instead of producing separate American League and National League teams. Fan ballots determined 50 percent of the result while a panel of baseball media members supplied the other half.

Alonso is also an American League Silver Slugger finalist, with that award scheduled to be announced on Nov. 17. This winter brings a lot of questions for the Orioles, and MLB in general, but Baltimore knows who will be manning first for the foreseeable future. Alonso is a cornerstone piece worth building around, and an absolute free agency win for the Orioles last winter when they went all-in to sign him.