This was always the strongest argument on this side of the great debate as to whether Pete Alonso should start his season in Syracuse or Queens. The games in April count just as much as the ones in September. In a National League East that promises to be a great stakes race covering 162 furlongs, every win matters.
And if you finish a game or two short, everything you did — or didn’t do — in April will haunt the winter every bit as much as anything you did — or didn’t do — later on.
So Alonso started hitting the moment he unpacked his bags in Port St.