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Mets prospect Ronny Mauricio. (Wikimedia Commons)
In theory, this is the perfect time for the Mets to call up one of their top prospects, Ronny Mauricio.
The team surrendered in 2023, trading away a substantial part of its core after a disappointing four months of the season to allow owner Steve Cohen to cut his losses and begin to look ahead to 2024 and beyond.
With it has come a hodgepodge of lineups that Mets fans probably thought they’d never see again — the type that harkens back toward the summer of 2021 or 2017, or even the pre-trade-deadline in 2015.
Remember when John Mayberry Jr. batted cleanup and the Mets made the World Series a few months later?
Even with Cohen’s influx of funds and promises of World Series glory in three to five years — something he’s repeatedly regretted in saying — the Mets’ No. 4-9 hitters in Sunday’s 2-0 loss to the Baltimore Orioles were as follows: DJ Stewart, Omar Narvaez, Mark Vientos, Brett Baty, Danny Mendick, and Rafael Ortega. Granted, this is the short-term pain that general manager Billy Eppler alluded to after the trade deadline that comes with reloading the farm system.
But for a team that is basically playing for pride at this point of the season, now appears to be the perfect opportunity to call up Mauricio, who is the Mets’ No. 3-ranked prospect, the No. 54-ranked prospect in all of baseball, and the highest-rated youngster currently in Triple-A.
The 22-year-old’s numbers during the first half of the season certainly appeared to warrant MLB consideration, too. Across 71 games in Syracuse, he slashed .311/.357/.517 (.874 OPS) with 11 home runs and 43 RBI while the big-league club’s offense sputtered.
All the while, his close friends in Francisco Alvarez, Brett Baty, and Mark Vientos have gotten the call to the majors — the latter finally getting more playing time after…
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