Pete Alonso (Part One: 2019- 2022) NL Rookie of the Year thru NL RBI Champ
Peter Morgan Alonso was born December 7th, 1994, in Tampa Florida to Michelle & Pate Alonso Sr. The family's Queens roots go back to Pete's grandfather on his father's side. He fled Barcelona Spain during the Spanish Civil War, settling in New York City to Queens. Pete began playing baseball, football & lacrosse in high school, focusing solely on baseball by his junior year. Florida Gators: Pete then attended the University of Florida playing first base for the Florida Gators. There he made freshman All Southeastern & played in two College World Series. He was selected by the New York Mets in the second round of the 2016 MLB draft. In 2016 he played with the A Ball Brooklyn Cyclones where he hit 5 HRs with 21 RBIs in just 30 games. He would move on to A ball St. Lucie in 2017, hitting 16 HRs 52 RBIs in 82 games before getting promoted to AA Binghamton in August. He started out 2018 in Binghamton but was quickly promot...