{"id":37129,"date":"2020-07-30T09:58:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-30T06:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/mets-andres-gimenez-puts-on-show-in-first-major-league-start\/"},"modified":"2020-07-30T09:58:00","modified_gmt":"2020-07-30T06:58:00","slug":"mets-andres-gimenez-puts-on-show-in-first-major-league-start","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/mets-andres-gimenez-puts-on-show-in-first-major-league-start\/","title":{"rendered":"#Mets\u2019 Andres Gimenez puts on show in first major league start"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Mets\u2019 Andres Gimenez puts on show in first major league start<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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July 30, 2020 |<\/span> 2:58am <\/p>\n

\n In a normal season, Andres Gimenez would be spending his summer a few hundred miles north of Citi Field. If there were no 30-man rosters and a minor league campaign, he would be further preparing for the big leagues with Trip<\/a>le-A Syracuse, hoping to prove worthy of a call-up.<\/p>\n

Instead, due in large part to the coronavirus pandemic, the team\u2019s third-ranked prospect is getting on-the-job training with the Mets.<\/p>\n

\u201cEverything\u2019s been a big surprise,\u201d he said through a translator over Zoom. <\/p>\n

Wednesday night, the 21-year-old Gimenez received his first major league start at shortstop, giving Amed Rosario the evening off. He impressed, picking up the first two hits of his big-league career in a 6-5 loss to the Red Sox, showing his value may go beyond just being a late-inning defensive replacement and pinch-runner.<\/p>\n

Gimenez\u2019s inclusion on the active roster came as somewhat of a surprise, since he was ticketed for Triple-A back in early March. But general<\/a> manager Brodie Van Wagenen believed the young infielder gave the Mets a better chance to win game<\/a>s and with just 60 games, there was no reason for him not to be kept around. <\/p>\n

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Andres Gimenez celebrates after hitting an RBI triple in the sixth inning of the Mets\u2019 6-5 loss to the Red Sox on Wednesday night.<\/span>Corey Sipkin<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cBeing here is great not only for him, but for us,\u201d Rojas said. \u201cWe\u2019re grateful to have him. He\u2019s got so many uses to win ballgames.\u201d<\/p>\n

Offense has always been the question mark for the left-handed hitting Gimenez, who owns a lifetime .761 minor league OPS and posted a .250\/.309\/.387 slash line with Double-A Binghamton last season. In the Arizona Fall League, though, Gimenez shined, winning the league\u2019s batting title by hitting .371, producing a whopping .999 OPS and notching nine extra-base hits in 70 at-bats.<\/p>\n

\u201cLast year was a great learning curve for him,\u201d Rojas said.<\/p>\n

Rojas was Gimenez\u2019s manager with Double-A Binghamton in 2018 and remembered him as a slap hitter with little pop. Now he can turn on an inside pitch. He can hit the ball out of the park. There are similarities to the player Rojas managed two years ago \u2014 he\u2019s still an elite defender and threat on the bases. On Wednesday, he stood out with the bat, singling in his first trip to the plate and later driving in a run with a triple over Jackie Bradley Jr.\u2019s head in center field.<\/p>\n

Moving forward, it\u2019s uncertain where Gimenez fits with the Mets. The 24-year-old Rosario is the everyday shortstop. Robinson Cano will get most of the time at second base and still has three years remaining on his contract after this one. Jeff McNeil is at third. But Rojas doesn\u2019t want to think about potential problems in years to come. The present is all that matters, and Gimenez is a part of that with the Mets.<\/p>\n

\u201cRight now,\u201d Rojas said, \u201cI think he is where he belongs.\u201d\n <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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