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The Orioles’ deal for former Mets first baseman Pete Alonso was made official Thursday, and the slugger took to social media to thank the city and the fans for his time in the Big Apple.
In his message, which was accompanied by a slideshow of some of his best moments at the plate and on the field, Alonso took time to show appreciation for the Mets faithful, coaches and staff who helped shepherd his growth in the major leagues for seven years.
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“New York, thank you. These last few years have shaped me in ways Iâ€ll carry for the rest of my life,” Alonso wrote on hisInstagram account. “This city demands your best and Iâ€m proud to look back knowing I gave everything I had into earning the privilege of wearing that jersey.
Iâ€ve been blessed with incredible teammates, coaches, trainers, staff, and countless people who helped shape me into the player and man I am today. Iâ€m forever grateful for every person who challenged me, supported me and believed in me along the way.
Thank you for the passion. Thank you for the love. Even the tough love that comes with playing for New York. When it came time for first pitch, thank you for being electric through it all. Thank you for getting rowdy every time I stepped up to the plate and made the building shake when the ball found a seat over the wall. Your energy fueled me more than youâ€ll ever know.
You believed in me, and you made me better.
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With love,
Polar Bear”
The Mets drafted Alonso in the second round of the 2016 draft and he burst onto the scene in 2019, his first season in the big leagues. That year, he hit 53 home runs, a new rookie record, en route to capturing the NL Rookie of the Year award.
For seven seasons, Alonso became the Mets’ most prolific power hitter, slashing .253/.341/.516 with 264 home runs, 183 doubles, and 712 RBI over 1,008 games. Those 264 home runs are a new franchise record, which he broke in 2025.
Arsenal star Myles Lewis-Skelly has been one of the major success stories in Mikel Arteta’s side over the last year or so.
At the start of last season, the teenager was on the periphery of Arsenal’s squad, hoping to get a first-team debut and pick up minutes here and there: now, he’s a fully-established member of Thomas Tuchel’s England squad and one of the recognised in FourFourTwo’s list of the best left-backs in the world.
But trajectories in football are rarely straightforward – and Lewis-Skelly’s appears to be on a new direction, after signing a new deal in the summer in N5.
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Does Myles Lewis-Skelly have a future at Arsenal competing with Riccardo Calafiori?
Riccardo Calafiori has started more for Arsenal this season (Image credit: Justin Setterfield/Getty Images)
Lewis-Skelly broke into the Gunners team as an inverted left-back following a spate of injuries at the back, usurping the likes of Oleksandr Zinchenko and Kieran Tierney in his first senior season: but with Riccardo Calafiori back in the side this season, it seems as if Arteta is going in a new direction.
The Basque began his managerial career relying on Tierney and even Bukayo Saka overlapping from full-back, before Zinchenko changed the game to add numerical superiority to the centre… and now, we’re back where we started with Calafiori and new signing Piero Hincapie in the fold, it appears Arteta wants more width from his left-back once again.
Now, MilanLive.it has reported that another Italian left-back is on Arsenal’s radar, in the form of Davide Bartesaghi, with the Gunners prepared to “challenge big clubs” to sign the teenager.
Lewis-Skelly, meanwhile, has been a revelation: he signed a new contract over the summer and the North Londoners aren’t about to let him go – and Arteta has even suggested that the England man only found minutes in defence by accident.
“The only way I could think [to give him a chance in the squad] was to change his position,” Arteta explained in January.
“I spoke to him and said I think this is where you’re going to have it, because I think it fits a lot of his qualities, the way that we play and it fits because we had necessities in the position, so we started to work on that.”
Since then, Lewis-Skelly has played exclusively at left-back – even slotting in there in the weekend’s 1-0 win over Crystal Palace, as Arteta switched to a back five to protect a lead.
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Could Lewis-Skelly have a role in midfield?
Lewis-Skelly made his name in youth football as a midfielder (Image credit: David Price/Arsenal FC via Getty Images)
It’s important to remember that Lewis-Skelly is still just 19 years old, and that Arteta bringing in other left-sided defenders could purely be a numbers game to ensure that the Hale End graduate doesn’t burn out in his youth.
But watching Lewis-Skelly storming through the centre of the pitch against Atletico Madrid last week, the comparisons with Mousa Dembele were clear – is Lewis-Skelly’s future really at left-back?
The teenager broke through as a no.8 in youth football, and could well be an option there in future years for Arsenal, just as Saka switched away from left-back after his breakthrough there.
Lewis-Skelly is a good fit for the left-sided central midfield position under Arteta, as a left-footer capable of carrying the ball, recycling possession and showing diligence out of possession: he spends much of his time inverting into that area anyway, and with Arteta wanting his left-back to stay a little wider now, moving Lewis-Skelly into midfield full-time makes sense to emphasise his strengths.
There’s competition there, too, mind: Declan Rice is first-choice, with Mikel Merino his deputy, though with Merino turning 30 next year, there’s scope for Lewis-Skelly to perhaps succeed him.
It’s clear that his future could well be as a world-class central midfielder: the only issue is that MLS doesn’t exactly fit the physical build of what Arteta has asked from his left-sided no.8 over the years.
Since Arteta switched to a 4-3-3, he’s used Granit Xhaka on the left of his three-man midfield: he was replaced by Rice and Merino, with all three tasked with being low-touch, physical box-crashers able to win headers and steam into scoring positions.
Lewis-Skelly is not cut from this cloth: he’s a player you want on the ball, rather like Martin Odegaard – and rather like just about everyone Arteta has played at left-back over the past two years.
So whether Lewis-Skelly becomes a midfielder doesn’t just depend on his own development but Arteta’s: will the Gunners boss evolve his ideas to potentially field Lewis-Skelly alongside Ethan Nwaneri in the centre of the park… or is MLS simply a left-back, now?
Following Andrade El Idolo’s return to AEW earlier this month, his sudden disappearance from television has been a topic of speculation. A new report suggests his absence may be due to a non-compete clause with WWE. On the October 16 edition of Wrestling Observer Radio, Dave Meltzer stated that the belief is WWE intervened.
“What Iâ€ve been hearing was WWE sent a letter. AEW obviously believed that there was no non-compete,” Meltzer said. “There were people who talked to people in WWE who also believed there was no non-compete. But WWE apparently… thatâ€s the story. They said that he canâ€t do (anything in AEW) for 90 days.”
This information aligns with a previous report from Fightful Select, which noted that sources close to Andrade said he was in “good spirits” but did not explain his absence. The report also mentioned that the situation was not seen as “AEW or Andradeâ€s specific fault.”
The assumption was that Andrade was free of any restrictions due to the circumstances of his WWE release. However, this new development indicates WWE believes he is still within the standard 90-day non-compete window for main roster talent. Andrade’s future in AEW appears to be on a temporary hold, not because of creative decisions or injury, but due to a potential legal complication with his former employer. AEW has not commented on the matter publicly.
The New York Giants reportedly suffered a major loss in the first half of Sunday’s game against the Los Angeles Chargers.
Giants star receiver Malik Nabers was carted off the field after appearing to suffer a leg injury while attempting to catch a deep pass from rookie quarterback Jaxson Dart. NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport and Tom Pelissero reported that Nabers “is believed to have torn his ACL.”
Nabers raced down the sideline before leaping for the pass but went down and immediately grabbed his right leg in pain. The crowd at MetLife Stadium fell silent as he laid on the field before medical personnel rushed to check him out.
Before the injury, Nabers caught two of his three targets for 20 yards. Dart was in the midst of a strong performance in his first career start, as he scored a rushing touchdown on New York’s opening possession and led the team to a two-score lead in the first half.
Nabers is one of the brightest young stars in the NFL. He was selected to the Pro Bowl after setting the NFL record for the most receptions by a rookie wide receiver. While he struggled a bit to start the year amid veteran quarterback Russell Wilson’s subpar play, he was expected to benefit from Dart taking over as the starter. Entering Sunday’s game, he had 16 catches for 251 yards and two touchdowns.
The Giants will be will be left thin at wide receiver without Nabers. New York’s other wideouts like Darius Slayton and Wan’Dale Robinson will have to step up for Dart in his absence.
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