Oscar Mercado is delivering at the plate
The Cleveland Indians desperately needed production from their outfielders and rookie Oscar Mercado is providing just that.
The call up of Oscar Mercado was one of the more anticipated moves for the Cleveland Indians this season. Once Mercado got the call it became very clear he will up here for good.
In 10 games this season Oscar Mercado is slashing .323/.417/.516 with an OPS of .933. Mercado also has three doubles and one home run while stealing two bases. Both stolen bases came in Monday's loss to the Boston Red Sox. Mercado has also scored nine times while driving in four runs.
As the season progresses is will be hard to justify keeping Mercado out of the lineup. Understandably Mercado did not get a lot of looks against right handed pitching to start his career (righty versu...