
Juan Soto could be the key to unleashing the best in Pete Alonso
NY Post
PORT ST. LUCIE — Pete Alonso might downplay the importance, but the impact could be significant.
Alonso, primarily the Mets’ cleanup hitter throughout his six-year career, has hit third in each of his three Grapefruit League games this spring.
Beyond the number in the order, that more importantly means hitting behind Juan Soto, who has featured second in the order in each of his own three appearances in spring training games.
After a career-worst 2024 season, perhaps hitting behind such a menacing hitter in Soto can help Alonso get back to his best.

SAN DIEGO — As you may have seen elsewhere in this newspaper (and also if you haven’t deleted me yet from your social media), I have a book coming out Tuesday called “The Bosses of The Bronx.” Much of it details the 37 years’ worth of antics, winning, losing, winning again and overall mania of George Steinbrenner’s time with the Yankees.

Cade Cunningham, almost inarguably the best player in the East this season, is likely out for the remainder of the regular season. That’s the word out of Detroit following the depressing news that Cunningham punctured a lung when he took a knee to his side Tuesday from Washington’s Tre Johnson while chasing a loose ball.

Wednesday was another positive day at Yankees camp. For the first time since March 6, 2025 — an outing in which he knew “something wasn’t right,” which began a weeks-long saga that ended on the operating table for Tommy John surgery — Gerrit Cole was back on a mound and facing hitters in game action.










