Amed Rosario (SS, NYM) - Week 12 Waiver Wire Pickups

Sean Scampton profiles shortstop Amed Rosario as a waiver wire pickup and add in Week 12 of the 2018 MLB season as a solid streamer.

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ANALYSIS: New York Mets shortstop Amed Rosario has been pretty bad in 2018. The former top prospect has lost almost all of his shine between the last two seasons, as the hit tool has not translated yet and the expected pop has yet to develop. Rosario’s approach has been dreadful and seems to be allergic to taking a walk, which is not good for a player producing an ISO of just .119 en route to a .237/.266/.356 line on 231 plate appearances.

We are going through a lot of bad points for a player with a lot of promise, but the reason you need to know about Rosario is because no one believes in him at all at this point. However, the kid is six months from his 23^rd birthday and has 384 major league at-bats to his name. The Mets are giving the youngster the trial-by-fire treatment, and the elite athleticism, incredible body, and still has all of the traits that got his bat comped to players like Jimmy Rollins and Hanley Ramirez.

Rosario’s profile suggests that when it clicks, it will click fast. If that happens and he goes on a run, add add add as fast as humanly possible. To be clear, this may not be the week that Rosario clicks (although a trip to Coors should help), but put him at the top of your watch list as a potential second half of the season add.