How Mets prospects shall be affected by minor league choices

Ronny Mauricio acquired 23 plate appearances after Aug. 16, a 39-game stretch during which the final man on the Mets bench was not used and but saved round.

If the Mets had despatched him all the way down to Triple-A Syracuse, they might have burned his ultimate minor league choice, thus turning into compelled to squeeze him onto the key league roster all of subsequent season or threat shedding him on waivers or by commerce.

“We preserved the final choice,” David Stearns stated final week. “He now has the power to undergo if he wants it, the whole thing of a developmental yr, and get some actual at-bats underneath him.”

Main league groups crave these minor league choices as a result of they permit flexibility with the roster and allow younger gamers to develop — in their very own organizations — fairly than sitting on a big-league bench. If Mauricio struggles on the main league degree subsequent yr, he might be despatched to Syracuse and obtain on a regular basis at-bats. If his minor league choices have been extinguished, a prolonged battle probably could be adopted by a DFA, one other workforce then in a position to give Mauricio a shot to stay within the majors.