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Why the Mets suddenly changed their Amed Rosario plans

PITTSBURGH — The idea of experimenting with Amed Rosario in center field has been discarded, at least for now, by the Mets.

Rosario is a shortstop — an improving one with whom manager Mickey Callaway isn’t about to tinker.

“As an organization, we’re always going to be willing to do everything we can and think outside the box to be the best we can,” Callaway said before the Mets faced the Pirates on Friday. “The one thing we did focus on and knew we were going to focus on before we did anything with Rosie was to continue to try to help him develop at short and it seems like that is really paying off.