As Pete Alonso thought-about this 12 months’s rendition of the Subway Collection, which began Friday night time at Yankee Stadium, he was grateful for 2 imports from The Bronx.
In Juan Soto and Clay Holmes, the Mets final offseason not solely addressed two wants — a serious bat for the lineup and reliable rotation arm — however each had been key items of a Yankees crew that reached the World Collection for the primary time in 15 years.
“As an organization, we’re doing a real good job of creating and harnessing the winning culture that we’re trying to cultivate,” Alonso mentioned. “In order to do that you need to get great players. Not only did we get Juan, we got Clay, and those guys had opportunities to go other places. I am happy they chose us. They had been great performers for the Yankees.”
Soto, after a break day on Wednesday — his first time absent from the lineup this season — returned to his acquainted No. 2 gap, forward of Alonso, within the batting order. Holmes began on Wednesday and received’t get an opportunity to face his former crew within the collection.
