Josh Tolentino: Orioles’ Pete Alonso brings needed leadership

SARASOTA, Fla. — Trevor Rogers initially assumed something was wrong. He certainly wasn’t aware what was happening in real time. A pair of fielding errors forced the Baltimore Orioles southpaw to toss extra pitches and linger underneath the sun on Tuesday afternoon. Suddenly, his teammates converged near the mound. It wasn’t a meeting called by rookie catcher Samuel Basallo, either. Rather, it ...