When Major League Baseball shut down spring training and suspended the start of its season R. L’ Heureux Lewis-McCoy was around teaching classes with Mets staff members on how to communicate the best with the group of basically millennials that comprises the most important asset which is the playing talent.
Mets Assistant General Manager Allan Baird said they are engaged
with the cell phone. The work that Lewis-McCoy is doing is they are
making sure that they are having a strong connection between the coaches and players.
It is a concept of the Mets way. It’s a philosophy throughout the whole
organization.
Chili Davis said “It’s just the generation
which is different. How they communicate, how they learn. It’s all about them
and getting them ready to get whatever message you’re trying to get across to
them.” Teams must prioritize what data they share with their players and how
they do so. I think that is important for the whole team to help stay focused
if and when the season begins.
There was talk that David Wright,
who was the Mets last captain thinks that Pete Alonso might be worthy of such
consideration even though it would be difficult to bestow his old title on a
second-year player. When he visited spring training he was impressed by the
sense of camaraderie and saw Alonso as a player the others seemed to look up
to. There have even been calls by some fans to give the label of captain to
Alonso.
Wright is not ready to give him
that label just yet, but he comprehends the thought process is building towards
that. He feels that he and Alonso are alike in that he takes a great deal of
pride in being drafted by the Mets, coming up through the system and making a
huge impact on the major league level. Wright’s advice is to just be yourself,
be natural and lead by example.
I felt that when Alonso drew national
attention as a slugger and won the home run hitting contest last year during
the All-Star break, he had established himself as the face of the Mets. After a season in
which Alonso led them in the right direction during the second half of 2019
and also took the league by storm when he easily won the National
League Rookie of the Year Award, I can see why Wright visualizes Alonso as a
possible future captain.
6 comments:
A captain should be someone who others should emulate. There is a lot of questionable behavior in Alonso. Jeff McNeil is more of the model for a captain.
I too would vote for McNeil. Feet more grounded.
Alonso needs more success before any talk of him being Captain. Wait...how about Captain Nimmo?
How much success would they have in Finding Nimmo?
Reese, I agree, there is a lot of questionable behavior in Alonso such as he took off his jersey and threw it on the field as he circled the bases after winning a game a couple of times.
Tom, you make a good point of Alonso who needs to have more success before there is any talk of him being Captain.
Reese, McNeil would also be a good choice as captain.
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