ATLANTA _ In Amed Rosario and Pete Alonso, the Mets have what they hope amounts to an organizational gold mine: two homegrown, pre-prime position players who can be penciled into the lineup for the next half-decade _ at least.
Whether each player can turn flashes of major league stardom, Rosario's late last season and Alonso's in recent weeks, into full-fledged greatness is a question that can be answered only with time.
But for at least a night, in a 6-3 win Thursday night against the Braves, they played like the franchise cornerstones the Mets (8-4) think they can be. Rosario and Alonso each went 2 for 4 with a homer, driving in all of the Mets' runs.
