Nothing as of this writing is set in stone, but let’s presume it happens.
In one sense, terrific. The consummate overachiever with a World Series ring, an All-Star Game MVP trophy and a chip on his shoulder to match his cockiness and inexhaustible drive. A guy with a big heart, a philanthropist, who obviously adores his parents. Coming back to a stadium “in which he literally grew up,” says Isotopes general manager John Traub. Alex’s father Sam occupied a suite at Isotopes games for years and, as noted below, remains an advertiser in the ballpark.
“One of us,” New Mexicans can say of Alex.