Mets’ potential future lineup could be ridiculous (and mostly homegrown)

John Hefti-USA TODAY SportsSteve Cohen’s version of the Mets is run a lot more effectively than the Wilpons’ version. But even with all the improvements made throughout the organization, they still do some things that make no sense. Like, why hasn’t top prospect Ronny Mauricio started learning a new position yet?

That was a question I asked last week. The man is raking for Triple-A Syracuse, but through his first 16 games played, he appeared at shortstop 15 times and was the designated hitter once. This spurred me to start wondering why. I mostly thought New York didn’t see a future for him here.

And just like that, Mauricio was penciled in to play second base for the first time in a Mets…