How the Mets can save Amed Rosario

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Amed Rosario Amed Rosario should be sent to the minor leagues.

This is not about punishment. This is about planning, namely for the future. For in the present, Rosario just is not getting better in the majors.

He was brought up a year ago this month because the Mets wanted to change the conversation away from a disappointing season and being trade-deadline sellers. It looks as if he was rushed before enough refinement came to his game.

Rosario might be among those whose baseball skills never catch up to the elite athleticism that made him such a touted prospect. Or maybe he just is among those who turns out not to be as good as the overheated touts.

A year into his major league…