Not part of the plans, but rather use him in order to let Alonso keep developing in the minors and not lose a year of service time. Of course, assuming Flores comes back healthy, maybe see what he could do with the every day 1B role for the rest of this year, rather than giving Smith a shot, but you may also end up wanting to give him a shot at 3B. That said, remember that if the Mets go full tilt rebuild, Gonzalez, Bruce, Frazier and Cabrera most likely all go for prospects, so there will be multiple openings. Still, you do not want Alonso up and wasting a year of control. For now, let the young OF's and Rosario develop in the bigs.
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