The minute he was appointed as the New York Mets‘ manager after the Carlos Beltran fiasco, a myriad of players, coaches, managers and baseball personalities praised the team decision and said Luis Rojas was the right man for the job.
Now, given the unique circumstances of the 2020 MLB season, and Rojas’ experience managing in the Winter Leagues – among other things – we can probably say that he is the perfect man for the job of leading the Mets to the postseason – and maybe more – in the COVID-19 shortened calendar.
Rojas is young at 38, yet he has loads of experience managing groups and practically grew up in a baseball field, being the son of Felipe Alou.