Mets prospects Peter Alonso and Andres Gimenez will be among the top minor leaguers participating in the team's newly-created development program starting this weekend at Citi Field.
The program, which is similar to ones run by other organizations, is designed to get the organization's elite young players feedback from big-league coaches, while also getting them also comfortable with living in and traveling around New York City.
"It's to get them assimilated, see what it's like to be in New York, the media, what a day looks like at the major-league level, interacting with the major-league staff, hands-on work with the major-league staff," JP Ricciardi explained, according to Newsday.