Signs Point To Rosario As Mets’ Future SS

BEST PLAYER: The Mets signed Dominican shortstop Amed Rosario to an organization-record $1.75 million bonus for an international amateur in 2012. Four years later, all signs point to Rosario as the team’s shortstop of the future.

Repeating this season at high Class A St. Lucie, the 20-year-old hit .309/.359/.442 with 21 extra-base hits and 13 stolen bases through 66 games. He walked 21 times against 36 strikeouts.

Rosario arrived this season with 10 extra pounds of muscle. He now stands 6-foot-2 and 190 pounds. He also worked hard on agility and believes he will stick at shortstop long term.

“He’s just got all of the tools,” said first-year big league bench coach Dick Scott, who formerly served as farm director. “His physicality is more pronounced this year than it’s been in the past. What he needs is just to have a really good season, because he’s been playing so much younger than the league he’s been in.”

BIGGEST LEAP FORWARD: Low Class A Columbia lefthander P.J. Conlon raced to a 8-1, 1.84 start through 12 starts in the South Atlantic League.

Though the 22-year-old Conlon doesn’t have premium stuff, he has shown excellent control of the strike zone with 7.0 strikeouts and 1.1 walks per nine innings. A 13th-round pick in 2015 out of San Diego, he keeps the ball out of the air and had allowed 68 hits in 78 innings.

Conlon’s fastball sits at 87-89 mph and tops out at 90, and he complements it with a changeup, curveball and slider.

“I’ve been able to throw strikes with all of my pitches and challenge guys and mix speeds,” said Conlon, who was born in Northern Ireland and moved to California at age 2.

“I’m at my best when I can do that, when I’m able to throw everything for strikes, because I don’t have that great velocity.”

BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT: Third baseman Eudor Garcia, who slugged nine home runs at low Class A Savannah last season, earned an 80-game suspension in January after testing positive for the performance-enhancing substances bumetanide and furosemide, according to Major League Baseball.

A fourth-round pick in 2014 out of El Paso CC, the 22-year-old Garcia hit .296/.340/.442 in 105 games last season.