Amed Rosario, SS

Player Data: Age: 22, B/T: R/R, Free Agency: 2024

Primary Stats: 46 G, 170 PA, 4 HR, 10 RBI, 7 SB, .248 BA, .271 OBP, .394 SLG.

Advanced Stats: 74 wRC+, .282 wOBA, .330 BABIP, .145 ISO.

Grade: Incomplete

2017 Review:

Shortly after the trade deadline, Mets fans got to see the highly anticipated debut of one of the consensus top prospects in all of baseball, Amed Rosario.

Prior to his call-up, Rosario hit a robust .328/.367/.466 with seven homers and 58 RBI in 94 games (425 plate appearances) at Triple-A Las Vegas. This led him to be named the Pacific Coast League Rookie of the Year.

The shortstop edged out teammate Dominic Smith for the honors, who had a fantastic season in his own respect, hitting .330/.386/.519 with 16 homers and 76 RBI.

At the time of Rosario’s call-up, his 129 hits were good for second best in the PCL. The No. 2 prospect in baseball according to MLB Pipeline also had three 10+ game hit streaks, including two separate occasions where he hit in 17 straight contests.

Upon his promotion, Rosario had a few exciting moments in blue and orange, such as hitting triples in back-to-back games in Colorado as well as big home runs against the Philadelphia Phillies and rival New York Yankees, the former of which gave the Mets a ninth inning lead.

In the field, Rosario made a few errors but made a few dandy plays as well as he continues to refine his raw skills.

We got a taste of who Rosario is as a player, but the sky is the limit for the young infielder.

Did You Know: 

Rosario is the fastest player at his position according to Statcast.

The average sprint speed across baseball is “27 feet per second in a player’s fastest one-second window”, but Rosario is clocking a speed of 29.7 ft/sec, which is best at his position, edging out Trea Turner‘s time of 29.2 ft/sec.

Across baseball, there are only three players that sprint at a faster pace: Byron Buxton (30.2 ft/sec), Billy Hamilton (30.1 ft/sec) and Bradley Zimmer (29.9 ft/sec). The 21-year-old sits tied for fourth with Dee Gordon, who is also sprinting at 29.7 feet per second.

2018 Outlook:

If there is a player I (and mostly every Mets fan) are the most excited to see develop, it’s Rosario.

While he is still young and trying to find his way in the majors, as he matures, he is going to blossom into one of the game’s finest young talents.

The job at shortstop is his to lose and in my opinion, unless there is an injury, no one is going to supplant him from the position.

With his speed and enhanced hitting over the past two seasons in the minors, I believe Rosario will be a solid No. 1 or No. 2 hitter in Queens for years to come.

Bringing in a veteran second baseman to complement him up the middle will be important to help him turn routine plays, which he struggled with at times in his brief tenure in Flushing.

At the end of the day, however, I believe the longer he is in the league, the more polished he will become overall as a player and will be a guy the Mets will build around for the foreseeable future.