With the Super 2 cutoff expected to soon come and go, a Rosario call-up could benefit the Mets financially as well as on the diamond.
Rosario has 79 hits on 228 at-bats, with an average of .346 on the year.
Ironically, as Adam Rubin of MetsBlog reports, team scouts fear that it is Rosario’s bat that will cause Alderson to be reluctant on giving the Triple-A player the promotion, as his glove is MLB ready.
Now financially speaking, once the Super 2 deadline passes, the Mets will be in the clear from Rosario’s arbitration eligibility until the 2020 season, and will only have to deal with three years of an escalating salary as supposed to four, due to league rules.