Pete Alonso shows his power, his trembling glove, during his debut in the spring

PORT ST. LUCIA – Pete Alonso made a huge cut in the first pitch that he saw on Saturday in the grapefruit league and unleashed a missile that shouted, "Give me the first goal job!"

It does not matter that Alonso mishandled a first-half pitching earlier, helping the Braves to score two points in an extended run. Here's his raw power exposed, with a two-run circuit, and the Mets loved it.

"We are called hitters, we are not takers, so if we get a good field, we might as well try our luck," said Alonso on a day where the Mets beat the Braves, 4-3 , at the First Data Field of their first exhibition.

Alonso's two-point blast on a Touki Toussaint slider in the second inning nearly eliminated the cameramen posted beyond the fence of the central field. The second and last appearance of Alonso on the set gave rise to a march.

The 24-year-old could not have asked the plate much better as he began to attack the vacant first-goal post. Todd Frazier, Dominic Smith and J.D. Davis are among the other players vying for the job.

Alonso scored 36 homers last season between Double-A Binghamton and Triple-A Las Vegas, but has never received a call from the Mets.

"[Toussaint] tried to throw the first pitch slider in there and he would have been a first quality slider for a shot, and Alonso made him pay for it, "said manager Mickey Callaway. "We know that he can hit a fastball as well as everyone else, so he can show that he can hit that ball as well, especially at the start of the count, it will be difficult to launch."

Alonso's day began in difficult conditions with a fall from Amed Rosario in the second inning, placing the riders at the first and second goals of the Braves. But later in the round, Alonso – who tries to show he has improved enough defensively to deserve a position in a major league – jumped to avoid a Davis shot that became a mistake.

"I felt good, but the one that Rosie threw me, he made a hell of a game and I felt like I should have caught him," he said. Alonso. "I should have caught it, there is no excuse."

Callaway joked that Alonso was jumping higher as he approached the plate during his homerun that he had had to save the pitch of Davis earlier in the inning.

"We need this energy, that's what we need, and Alonso brings it and it seems like everyone has the same energy today," Callaway said.

Players also caught Callaway's attention: Robinson Cano went to the opposite field for a singles run to go into the third leg of the first leg, and Jeff McNeil climbed to second base earlier in the first inning. to the mistake of the first goal Drew Lugbauer.

Davis scored in the second run before Alonso took the lead and received a crowd of 7,134 spectators crowded with spectators.

Earlier this week, Alonso went from "Peter" to "Pete". On Saturday, he decided to change Twitter nickname to reflect the abbreviated nickname.

"It's one of those things, everyone calls me" Pete "in the clubhouse, all the coaching staff, pretty much if someone sees me on the street," Alonso said.

"It's nice to call yourself by your first name, it's more informal. I just think that I am very approachable and that I am a nice guy, so everyone can call me "Pete". If someone calls me "Peter", it's like: "Okay, you can relax a little bit". "