Almost nothing is certain about the Mets from season to season, especially health-wise. And nothing is certain about playing baseball during a worldwide pandemic either, except that it’s probably a bad idea.
Which is to say, I can’t be certain that Max Moroff won’t play for the 2020 Mets. It’s improbable, sure, but so is even playing baseball this year, so why not.
The 26-year-old utility infielder is with the Mets as a non-roster invitee, his third team since breaking into the majors in 2016. He’s one of four such NRIs with the Mets and in their special coronavirus “player pool,” along with Eduardo Nunez, Gordon Beckham and the recently-added Jake Hager.