Not all players who come up in their late teens or early 20s burst onto the scene like Bryce Harper. Some, like Mets shortstop Amed Rosario, need a little more time to find their footing in the Major Leagues.

At times, it has been rough for Rosario at the dish and in the field, but overall, he has shown flashes of the player New York believes he will be one day.

A lot of these positives have come recently. On Sunday, the 22-year-old launched his first two home runs of the year to help secure the Mets sweep of the Arizona Diamondbacks.

On Monday, he singled in the bottom of the third, then went first to home on an Asdrubal Cabrera double to plate the first run of the game. In the field, he helped seal the win for New York in the ninth inning, making a tough play at short, then throwing a laser to first to nail Lewis Brinson.

For the Mets and Rosario, it’s important they keep batting him in the nine hole to see the most success from their young shortstop.

He is far better there than in the No. 6 or No. 7 spot, where he has also hit this year.

In 110 plate appearances in the nine hole, Rosario has hit .286/.296/.438 with his two home runs and 14 RBI. He has also scored 17 runs.

Batting seventh, he has just an .086 average, and sixth he is hitting .250 (2-for-8).

In the field, his advanced metrics aren’t gleaming, but he is still easily the best option at short and will get ample time to figure it out. Also, no one else makes that play and then nails Brinson other than Rosario.

While Rosario hasn’t been perfect, he has the drive and background to blossom into a very good player in the near future.

There have been a lot of knee jerk reactions calling him a bust thus far. I understand, especially when we as Mets fans have seen other top prospects Alex Ochoa, Lastings Milledge and Fernando Martinez flop in recent memory.

However, I’m not ready to throw in the towel on a 22-year-old who was a consensus top five prospect as recently as one year ago.

Plus, he has only played a mere 87 games in the Major Leagues since debuting last August.

At the end of the day, Rosario has made strides, and if he can continue to build off what we have seen the last few days, he will be impactful sooner rather than later.

And once he develops some more plate discipline, New York will have something very special.