Mets’ Mark Vientos, Brett Baty taking reps at first base amid Pete Alonso’s prolonged free agency
The Mets’ Pete Alonso contingency plan is coming together. On the same day team owner Steve Cohen described the “exhausting” nature of his free-agent negotiations with Alonso’s camp, third basemen Mark Vientos and Brett Baty confirmed the Mets recently asked them to begin taking reps at first base.