Mets demonstrate curious decision to bat Robinson Cano in a few-hole

The Mets performed their next exhibition video game of spring education 2. on Sunday, and for a second straight night time, Robinson Cano hit third.

The 37-calendar year-aged was in the a few hole additional than any place else in his 1st season in Queens and the final results ended up not fantastic, as Cano completed with a .633 OPS in 245 plate appearances.

Although Cano’s record claims the second baseman is a very good fit for the center of the purchase, his more modern outcomes point out or else.

And despite hitting 3rd in the two game titles towards the Yankees, Mets manager Luis Rojas claimed prior to Sunday’s 6- loss to the Yankees in The Bronx that the lineup purchase in the exhibition video games was not necessarily indicative of what he’ll use for the duration of the regular time — but he didn’t rule it out.

“With Cano, owning him in the middle of the purchase, we want to get as [many] at-bats as we could get with him missing a very little little bit of camp,’’ Rojas said of Cano currently being absent for unspecified causes throughout spring education 2.. “His profile is to strike there in the middle. He confirmed up in fantastic form and with his bat, we all really feel relaxed he will produce for us.”

But the Mets could have other — perhaps superior — alternatives for such a important location in the lineup. Jeff McNeil led off Sunday, followed by Pete Alonso, even though Yoenis Cespedes, Michael Conforto and J.D. Davis followed Cano.

“We’re enjoying a lot of video games,’’ Rojas claimed. “Guys are hitting in distinctive spots in the lineup. We’re just finding fellas at-bats. … It is nothing in certain to do with what we do in the season. We’re not there however.”

The initially-year supervisor acknowledged the complete lineup didn’t glance superior on again-to-again nights from the Yankees, scoring 3 runs above the two games.

“I’ve mentioned the guys’ timing at the plate has been truly very good,’’ Rojas mentioned. “Tonight, that was not the case. I assumed we chased a large amount of pitches. We were late on some fastballs. We only experienced a couple of really hard-strike balls.”