McCovey Chronicles · Mar 29, 2019
Padres and Mets take a stand against service time manipulation
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On Opening Day, Pete Alonso of the New York Mets went 1-for-4 with two strikeouts. It was a mostly unremarkable appearance, but what was remarkable is that he appeared at all. All spring, it was rumored that Alonso would begin in the minor leagues, not because he wasn’t ready for the bigs, but because the Mets could get another year of control if they kept him down for two weeks.