What Amed Rosario’s Debut Really Means

After all the waiting and struggling this season, Mets fans finally got to see the big league debut of their top prize. Amed Rosario started his first of hopefully many games for the New York Mets on Tuesday in Colorado.

Not to be the bearer of bad news, but Amed Rosario‘s debut was almost confusing.

He didn’t play poorly. He didn’t play stellar.

Not to knock his physical presence, as him just being out there changed the ambiance of the game regardless of what he did.

There is simply too much hype to ruin whatever kind of performance he has. His hype is his most valuable asset this year.

I personally don’t expect any drastic changes to the team’s performance just because he is out there, but he gives me hope and reason to stay dialed into every game, no matter the outcome. I just wanna watch him.

His performance last night in terms of stats matter, but the stats are not everything.

Stats are incredibly valued and are exactly what they say, whereas hype is an intangible value.

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The hype and encouragement he brings to a locker room in shambles, to an emotionally attached fanbase, and a recently hard-working front office, outweighs what shows up in the box score.

The Mets are done. They are not making the playoffs. They need to get healthy, organized, and ready for next year.

Amed Rosario went 1-4 last night, but just the fact that Rosario played is what everyone is really talking about.

Sure, it’s upsetting to watch him misread a grounder and not be able to make a difficult play in the bottom of 9th when it’s supposed to be natural to him one day, but is that more upsetting than if Jose Reyes did the same thing?

No. It’s not even close. Amed is here. He is a New York Met.

Yeah, it sucks that his first three big league at-bats resulted in an out. But a 1-4 night from a Mets infielder not named Rosario screams irrelevancy.

His first hit showed his true potential. It looked like an error and could’ve been ruled an error, but his speed was likely a reason it was ruled a hit. An infield single, that is a beautiful thing.

No, I am not saying stats do not matter, they obviously and historically do.

What I am saying is that Amed Rosario might struggle a little in the beginning at an elite level.

In no way am I trying to say that it is okay if he struggles; it would be discouraging.

At some point, the flair will wear off and the buzz around him will fizzle out and his talents on the diamond will have to meet the expectations.

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But not until then will his performance mean more to the team than the excitement he brings.

So Mets fans and baseball fans, enjoy it as much as possible now because eventually, and hopefully soon, his hype will be taken over by his performance.