Let’s face it, on the Mets’ disaster scale of 1 to Madoff, this is … what? A 2?
Especially since Peter Alonso finally appeared at Citi Field on Wednesday, albeit as a spectator rather than participant, and played nice.
“I am disappointed,” the first baseman acknowledged at a news conference, referring to the Mets’ decision to not promote him to the majors for September. “But not being here, I have to just trust the process. And I’m just going to use that as motivation to get better for next year.”
Absolutely, the Mets should have called up Alonso, on the heels of a 2018 season that brought him here Wednesday to receive his organizational Player of the Year award, and see what he could do.