David Stearns says track record will help Mets go on run
NEW YORK — Promoting a 21-year-old with only 12 games of Triple-A experience under his belt might be seen by some in baseball to be a panic move. The New York Mets insist that isn’t the case with center fielder A. J.
Ewing, who was promoted Tuesday ahead of a series against the Detroit Tigers. “We would not have made the decision if we didn’t feel A. J.
was ready to make the jump,” said Mets president of baseball operations David Stearns. “So that’s first and foremost, the situation the big league club is in, and the opportunity that’s here right now is certainly a part of it. ” The opportunity has arrived because center fielder Luis Robert Jr.
is on the injured list with a herniated lumbar disc, one of several key position players on the IL at the moment, along with shortstop Francisco Lindor, first baseman Jorge Polanco, infielder Ronny Mauricio, first baseman/outfielder Jared Young, right-handed starter Kodai Senga and left-handed reliever A. J. Minter, who was recently pulled off of his rehab assignment.
You can attribute some injuries to bad luck, like Mauricio fracturing his thumb on a hustle play, and others to high mileage on players over 30, like Lindor. Pitchers often sustain elbow injuries as a result of how today’s game values velocity and arm actions that often lead to torn ulnar collateral ligaments. That’s not what the Mets are seeing right now.
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