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On Ahmed Rosario Hitting .280 Currently
I always liked this guy. Sure, he was often unique and maybe once and awhile we scratched our heads over it, but who isn't unique these days?
I noticed early on with Amed that he had a definite "up power switch" about him offensively that I liked a lot. If he stalled out or sputtered, the Mets would just simply move him down into the eighth batting slot. Once there, Amed would analyze, redefine, and make himself whole again. It was like his second home with a "brown chair" for him so to speak. But once there he got right to work figuring things out that he needed to do to make his batting corrections. It always seemed to work for him. Amed just was a true sparkplug type player who often single handedly would win Mets games.
But I like Francisco Lindor a lot too. He has that similar "up power switch" and "energy machine" inside of him that the great ones always seem to have. Jose Reyes had this as well. When I see Francisco smiling and having fun, I always think of Jose Reyes. They have the same exact infectious smile and it is so much fun to see. Always. I honestly think that Francisco and Jose are somehow related. I'd bet it.
Anon - I think Jose was a better offensive player.
On The Rotation
One of the Mets Message Boards today was claiming that the Mets need Thomas Szapucki up to the parent club ASAP, like right now even. I disagree.
I like lefty Thomas Szapucki (although frighteningly he does sometimes too much remind me of Matt Harvey with the beard thing and all. LOL) but his stat sheet does not yet show enough experience to base anything concrete on regarding a callup at this time. It will. But he isn't "fully formed" yet and we have to be more patient with him I think. Rome wasn't built in day.
Look, the rotation probably comes down to this.
Can Jake stay 100% healthy the rest of the way? Jake is key here. Noah may be lost until 2022. They are still looking for his right arm now, the one he tore off being Thor. Candy Carrasco with the hamstring thing may just need the electronic therapy machine turned up a notch or two, or something. I think Carrasco's return will happen and be major for this team, probably prior to the ASB it is sounding like. He will be fine and a great addition here. Carlos then becomes the number three starter behind Jake and Taijuan. Stroman becomes a really, really good four guy, and the five spot will be from the Peterson, Lucchesi, Oswalt, Lugo, and Gsellman grouping I think.
But I wouldn't rule the six man rotation Jerry Manual idea thing either quite yet. The Mets have the depth for this for certain. I know most starters tend not to like this idea, I wouldn't either if I was one of the five starters. Playing sports is really all about the rhythm and the timing it's being played at and this includes how often and when as well. But in this case and with Jake having had some arm barks, it might need to be re-explored some more here.
I don't think the NY Mets have to rush Thomas Szapucki up here currently. Letting him hit his stride, get in some serious innings up at Syracuse, and get his fastball mph up to where it was before his injury, kind of needs to happen first I think. You want a young promising prospect starter like Thomas Szapucki coming here with a full arsenal intact. You want him to taste success here at this level with his Luger fully loaded, so to speak. The Mets are smart and they know all this for certain.
The smarter thing to be assessing right now might be to begin devising a contingency plan (just in case) so that in the event that Jake cannot go the whole season is not lost. Personally, we have seen Jake with these arm barks before and in my own opinion, there is no one pitcher on planet earth today better than Jake is at assessing his own arm conditions and the advisable rest periods for it to heal back whole again. No one. It's like he is from Mars, I tell ya'! But this plan would also have to include the possibility of acquiring a high level starter, just in case the team needed to. Man, I hate to even just think of this, because Jake is so vital here. But as an organization, a wise GM has got to be aware of all the possibilities. Fortunately, the NY Mets have a lot of young and new talent here. The 2021 Mets bench players have been nothing short of sensational. They have risen up and made the utmost of their opportunities, time after time, and all of them too. The 26-man roster has never been so deep as it is right now.
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