Rookies need to play. They need to get regular at-bats in. They need to get field action in consistency. This all seems like common sense, right? Well, evidently it isn’t for Terry Collins and the Mets.
They’re managing this team like we’re in the midst of a playoff push. We’re not. And we’re far from it.
Collins said when Rosario first came up that he wouldn’t play every day, simply because he’s never played this much in his career. We can assume the same holds true for Smith. But double-switching them out of games they’re in?