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Why Todd Frazier will be in Peter Alonso’s grill at Mets spring training

The Toddfather is living up to his nickname, and come spring training, the mentoring of Mets slugging prospect Peter Alonso will go into overdrive in Port St. Lucie, Fla.

Todd Frazier called equipment manager Kevin Kierst this week and requested Alonso’s locker be put right next to his so the veteran can help guide the rookie first baseman from the start, Frazier told The Post.

“I’m going to be on him because if he is supposed to be our starting first baseman, I am going to make sure that he knows what he is doing and he is going to be on the right track, not just being a rookie, but I want him to understand the rights and wrongs of the game and how to act and how to be that guy,’’ Frazier said of Alonso, who blasted 42 minor league home runs in 2018.