NEW YORK _ The Mets announced on Thursday that Peter Alonso and Tim Tebow will be among 13 additional players who will be invited to spring training.
Alonso, the slugging first-base prospect, will have a chance to make the big club if he impresses in Florida, general manager Brodie Van Wagenen said in December.
The Mets didn't even call up Alonso in September last season, but that was under the previous regime. Van Wagenen visited with Alonso in Arizona shortly after getting the job and is high on the 24-year-old, who hit 36 home runs combined in Double-A and Triple-A last season.