Pete Alonso makes All-MLB First Team in first season with Orioles

Pete Alonso has been named to the 2026 All-MLB First Team, a league honor based on regular-season performance. The selection came during the MLB Awards Show in Las Vegas, where the All-MLB teams were unveiled.

The honor marks Alonso’s second All-MLB First Team nod. He previously earned First Team recognition in 2019, his rookie campaign with the Mets, before this year’s transition to Baltimore.

For the Orioles, Alonso delivered a season that started unevenly but strengthened as it went on. MLB’s recap credited a late-year surge with the kind of production the club was counting on when it added him as an everyday centerpiece.

Statistically, Alonso paced the American League in home runs (43) and RBIs (113). He also led Baltimore in hits (161), runs scored (100), batting average (.267), slugging percentage (.522), and OPS (.885).

Alonso’s selection also reflected how the award is supposed to work. The All-MLB teams, established in 2019, identify the top player at each position strictly on regular-season performance, with expert panel voting and fan balloting each accounting for half of the total.

Baltimore’s season, however, did not reach the postseason. The Orioles finished 79-82 and fourth in the AL East, despite Alonso hitting 11 home runs with a 1.037 OPS over the final month of the regular season.