I thought maybe you had a source, but . . .if it is just "anecdotally", I absolutely don't believe it. Jim Gentile was in the minors 1952 to 1959, playing 1,310 minor league games. Jim Lemon hit 40 homers in the minors in 1950, didn't make the majors until 1956.
John Skipper's bio just says that Alexander wasn't offered a contract by Syracuse, but I will assume you know this better than he did.
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He was drafted.
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Alexander went 29-11 for Syracuse so they would have been happy to have him return, but the money was right.
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