MLB: Andres Gimenez Possible Candidate for Rookie Of The Year in La Nacional

Andres Gimenez prospects for the New York Mets is in his first major league campaign, the native of Venezuela is compared to nothing more and nothing less than Omar Vizquel, for his elegance and great defense in shortstop.

He was included in the roster of 40 in November of last year, when the Mets selected him from the Binghamton Rumble Ponies, the team's Double A affiliate, there Gimenez batted for an average of 250, with 37 RBIs, 9 home runs, on defense he played in 112 as a shortstop, he made 11 errors, participated in 44 double plays for a 973 defensive percentage.

Now in the big team of the Met, Gimenez has many possibilities of being a candidate for Rookie of the Year in the National league, the Venezuelan is located in the top-3 of the rookies of the National League in the following departments:

Hits (11), runs scored (5), stolen bases (3), average 333, two touches perfectly.

His numbers in 15 games in the big tent guarantee his ability to play baseball, leaving a pleasant impression on the New York press, especially the infield coach Gianni DiSarcina, who praised the talent of the Venezuelan, who after 77 innings defending the short stops, the anteroom and the intermediate, he has not made any mistakes after 24 interventions. On offense he has done things well, hitting a 333 average