WINNER OR LOSER? YOU DECIDE.
Amed Rosario is either arguably or definitely the fastest guy on the Mets.
Stolen bases in 35 games? ZERO. Caught once. Can't be bothered, I guess. Losers don't take advantage of giftings that should give them a competitive advantage.
Moving on...
Players who are winners step up big many times in key situations.
They do not strike out swinging (again) at a bad pitch to end a one run game, then miraculously get on 1B due to the ball getting past the catcher, and then get picked off to end a crucial game in a loss.
LOSERS DO THAT.
Winning players can work a pitcher for walks. If the skill to work walks does not come naturally, good players will develop it. Amed Rosario? THREE WALKS IN HIS LAST 50 GAMES!
LOSERS DO THAT.
In 392 big league games, he has a WAR of just 1.9.
Andres Gimenez, who skipped AAA altogether, has a 0.7 WAR in just 103 plate appearances.
Draw your own conclusions.
To me, one is a winner, one is a loser.
Someone recently posted that Amed Rosario needs to work on his craft.
To which I say:
He has played for 8 years, majors and minors, totaling about 850 games. The work should be largely over by now, for any player, if he were a winner. It's clearly not over.
Draw your own conclusion.
I've drawn mine.
I think this off season, it will be time for addition by subtraction.
To win a little more, sometimes you need to move a player.
9 comments:
I am a big fan of Rosario but sometimes things like this happen. You skip a beat and Lou Gehrig comes along...
He's a frustrating chap, for sure.
I agree with you that Gimenez should be the player to man SS in the short term
and Amed should be transitioned to a different position (CF?) or more likely, included
in a trade for help in another area.
The team is flush with SS talent and can afford to move on.
Maybe get a young starter that is closer to the major leagues then what we
currently have in our system?
Amed is a big mystery. Before the season, he said publicly that his biggest goal this year is to steal bases, yet he doesn't even TRY to, even in obvious steal situations.
Is it a religious thing, to honor the 7th commandment? Is he afraid of being caught? I don't think Luis has told him not to go.
So what's the reason?
As to the walks, Jose Reyes rarely walked in his early years, but developed the ability later. Amed is still only 24, so he's got tome, but apparently doesn't have a position.
In fairness to Amed -Luis put the stop sign up after he got on base in the 9th because they all knew the pitcher had a killer move to first. Can't blame him for not straling there.
You can blame him for getting pucked off. He drifted off too far and got caught.
His regression in not walking and not stealing is to me inexcusable, even at age 24. By 24, Reyes did not have to walk...he was hitting and stealing big time.
Sorry, but I disagree. Rosario will have a better career long term. Check out Gimenez production with men in scoring position. No doubt he is a superior fielder. I will contend Rosario has been misused by Rojas. I'd trade Gimenez this off season. Should be a good market for him.
No, John, we can't blame him for not stealing there, though can't blame him for practically never attempting one.
But since he had the red light, I blame him for being too far off the bag, knowing about the "killer move".
Rds 900 brings up a good point. They should see what the potential offers are for both of them and make a decision. To push Rosario as less favorable weakens your bargaining position. Gimenez could turn out to be a solid singles hitter with a stellar glove or he could turn out to be the second coming of Rey Ordonez. As a minor leaguer he was a .278 hitter. As a minor league Ruben Tejada hit .274. How well did Tejada do in the big leagues? To my knowledge he can't even get a major league gig.
Broken legs sometimes have adverse effects on players.
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