Now that the 2019 schedule is out, the Mets may also have found their 2019 second baseman in Jeff McNeil.
In this launch-angle age, McNeil is a path-to-ball hitter. You know, a guy who makes contact. It’s kind of refreshing, and he is off to a rocket start.
“He reminds me of Daniel Murphy,’’ a scout who has followed McNeil in the minors told The Post on Wednesday.
That is some high praise.
“He puts the bat on the ball and he leaves the bat in the hitting zone a long time,’’ the scout said.