In his first full year as a third baseman down in the New York Mets minor league system, 18-year-old Mark Vientos struggled defensively. After playing mostly shortstop in 2017, the Mets wisely moved him to the hot corner for all of 2018.
Why is this wise? The Mets already have Amed Rosario in the major leagues cementing himself as one of the core members of the team. Ahead of Vientos on the prospect depth chart is yet another shortstop, the franchise’s number one minor leaguer, Andres Gimenez.
The results of this move were not promising on the defensive side of things.