Mets second baseman Jeff McNeil and pitcher Zack Wheeler were on hand at Target in Elmhurst on Wednesday for the team's annual holiday shopping spree for under privileged families. Daquesia Mallette, 15, from New York, and Michael Arzu, 9, from Honduras, were this year's recipients.


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