A look at how the Mets are using their young first basemen

When general manager Brodie Van Wagenen was hired this past offseason, one of the questions facing him was what to do with the first base situation. He had two young first basemen on his roster, one who struggled at the major league level and one who was passed over for a call-up in September. Not taking the slight lying down, Pete Alonso headed to the Arizona Fall League to further improve his skills. The rookie GM met up with him there and came away impressed by the young slugger. Afterwards he announced that Alonso would be given every chance to compete for the starting job.

Despite the bravado there was some doubt the Mets would actually follow through on awarding Alonso the job…