Luis Rojas’ position disregards easy narratives with the Mets.
He is not your standard “inherited manager” for a new regime – as Brody van Vagenen was Mickey Callaway – because the new team president, Sandy Alderson, knew Rosas well from previous times in the organization and he Had also opted to keep it earlier. Hiring a general manager (and then after naming an interim GM when the first hire proved disastrous).
His first year on the job did not go well, yet he was never emotionally overwhelmed, looking the same during his postgame zoom news conferences, regardless of the outcome.
Not on thin ice, not overflowing with the wind, the 39-year-old can become a force of stability as the Mets look to launch this new era in the right direction. With the most turbulent rookie season in the past, with less micromanaging on him, Rosa appears ready to do just that.
“I thought that even though all was unfortunate and negative with 2020, we all grew a lot,” Rogers said unsafely on Wednesday, named Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium, before the Mets went into a 3–0 contest for the Cardinals Descending “I think I learned a lot in the last year, whether it’s from the people around me or just the players and [the media] Too.”
In particular, Roses was responding to an observation presented by Mike Puma of The Post, that he looked more comfortable in a news-conference setting: “I learned a lot of things over the past year and that’s one of the things that got me I feel that I have been better at communicating and interacting in the media. “
He is nothing. You want to project trust and competence as you make fans aware of the organization’s message, and Rosas is much less restrained and more relaxed this spring in doing this task, expanding on his ideas and providing true insights It shows.
A part of it definitely originates from its representative on the podium. And even a part of it, despite Rosas not being there even when asked, the results of Steve Cohen, Alderson, and Zac Scott, were certainly not talking about the manager anywhere, as Willings and Van Vagenen talked about. Was doing. Rojas has significantly more freedom with this group.
Rojas’ relationship with his players, many of whom he managed in the minor leagues and others who did not know him, yet respected the time he invested in the bushes, is not questioned at this point.
“That is real acceptable,” said first-year pitcher Terezuan Walker. “That’s what you want in a manager.”
The other area where he will definitely be tested is actually managing the game. Rojas averaged 4.3 pitchers per game last season, tying him for 19th (or 12th-lowest) with Arizona’s Tory Lovullo, according to Baseball-Reference.com. The number doesn’t tell you much until you check the context: with the third-worst starting rotation in the National League by ERA (5.37), and it’s going every fifth day with Jacob DeGrom, Rosa. Should have displayed the hook more quickly. Given the challenge of adjusted clubs from a 60-game season to a 162-game schedule and more recently how fewer people like Walker, Marcus Strowman and Joey Luchesi have worked, they will need to be active (and hopefully their There will be considerable relief., In the natural form).
What 2020 is for Rojas, who was given the job in January after Carlos Beltran was caught in the Astros’ sign-stealing scandal, then began his managerial career amid an epidemic.
“Last year was a big year,” he said. “It was a year of development. It gives a lot of perspective. “
This 2021 can also happen for much better reasons. Like anyone in any job, it cannot work. However, the signs encourage. The Rosas Mets situation will soon acquire a faint story, and fans of the team can bet even better.
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