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Ben Frederickson

Ben Frederickson: Harrison Bader's elite Yankee postseason stresses Cardinals' outfield uncertainty

Harrison Bader Cardinals Cardinal Yankees Pete Alonso Jordan Montgomery Tommy Pham Florida Gators Dylan Carlson Lars Nootbaar

It was spring training 2020, one week before COVID-19 shuttered spring training, and Cardinals center fielder Harrison Bader was complimenting his former Florida Gators teammate Pete Alonso for figuring out how to star in New York City.

“I’m a huge fan of people who have success in New York,” Bader said outside of the Mets’ spring training stadium in Port St. Lucie after playing a Grapefruit League game against Alonso's club. “They (New Yorkers) are ruthless. They really are. What he has done in baseball is tremendous. But to do it in that city? Under that pressure? It’s something I can respect even more.”

Flash forward and it’s Bader, not Alonso, who has become the Big Apple’s breakout baseball star this postseason. He’s doing it for the Yankees, not the Mets. You have to respect it.

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