As a Mets manager, he was thrust into the position when Carlos Beltran was let go before managing a game, and he did pretty well at first. I didn't remember the 2020 Mets actually started 3-2 and were tied for first on July 28, five games into the season. Ultimately Mets pitchers had another classically bad season (thank you Rick Porcello, Michael Wacha, Steven Matz, and Robert Gsellman) and Mets hitters hit .224 with a .654 OPS with runners in scoring position and two outs, so I was willing to give Luis a pass in 2020.

The main thing I liked about Rojas was how good with the media he was. He always seemed to give calm, thoughtful answers that at times, sounded wise beyond his years.

I admit that in 2021 he did make curious pitching decisions like removing starters too early (particular outings by Jacob deGrom and Rich Hill come to mind), but still, on July 31st, the Mets were 56-48, 5 games up, and at that point I would have agreed with Piazza4Ever and Big Jojo that Luis was going to lead the Mets to a World Series win.

Then he lost control of the team when the 'Fonzie of Major League Baseball' AKA Javier Baez rode into the clubhouse on his Harley Davidson and tore the place apart. Luis was unable to stop Javier from strong arming control of the team. Soon Lindor and Pillar joined Baez to form a gang and the Mets went 1-7 the first week of August.

Then there was the 'thumbs down protest', which started as a 'dugout celebration' on August 6th. Amazingly, Luis ALLOWED THAT TO CONTINUE until it blew up to the point that Sandy Alderson had to release a statement to fans on August 26th.

The Mets actually held on to first until August 13, but the poisoning of the clubhouse after Baez's arrival doomed Luis and the team. Also, Luis did not apologize to the fans on his players' behalf, at least I don't remember him doing that. Sandy Alderson had to step in and be the adult in the room. Luis' silence on that issue indicated that Baez intimidated his manager like a bully in the sixth grade intimidates his teacher.

Part of it was Rojas' youth and inexperience, and I think part of it comes from the fact that he never played major league baseball. Players might look at him as unqualified because he never played, and also as a beneficiary of baseball nepotism who only got to where he is because of his daddy. As of this writing, he's the third base coach for the other New York team.

In spite of that, Luis seems like a smart baseball man who will probably be a successful front office executive if not manager, as long as he stays away from Javier Baez.