Juan Lagares has excelled in center field for the Mets. And now Matt den Dekker has arrived for his major league debut. Ma* ager Terry Collins said he wants to see the two side-by-side and as for who plays where — den Dekker starts Thursday in center — it will work itself out in the last month.
Actually, what Collins wants to see most from den Dekker is at the plate.
"I just want to see with Matt how his plate discipline is," Collins said before the Mets' 6-2 loss to the Phillies Wednesday night at Citi Field. "In his career in the minor leagues, he put up some power numbers but he's had some high strikeout numbers. They're telling me he's really worked hard at the two-strike approach. I want to see him apply it up here. ... We know he can play defense."
den Dekker was summoned after Marlon Byrd was traded and could get some outfield corner work. But right, left, center, doesn't matter. He wants the opportunity to duplicate his success at Triple-A Las Vegas (.296 batting average, six homers, 53 games). He hopes to show one thing above all else in the final month.
"That I can play at this level. A lot of guys can play at Triple-A," said the lefty hitting, lefty throwing den Dekker. "I want to show I can perform here and play the same way I know I'm capable of when I played down in Triple-A."
* A young Mets pitcher facing possible surgery is awaiting another exam before making a determination — and it's not Matt Harvey.
Closer Bobby Parnell is awaiting another MRI exam which might provide a better indication of what to do about a herniated disc in his neck.
"Not much has changed. We're going to wait two weeks and have a follow up MRI [exam] and go from there," said Parnell, who was placed on the disabled list Aug. 6 and re-examined this week.
"It could heal on its own or I can have surgery. The real thing weighing on me is if I don't have surgery, does it come back?"
There's a lot of that question going around.
"I don't want to miss next year or any service time. From my understanding if I have surgery the middle of September, I'll be back 100 percent for spring training," said Parnell, who said, if the disc heals on its own, he also would be ready for spring training. "So it's just trying to figure out the reoccurrence issue. So I'm trying to get as much info as I can until that time comes."
* Vic Black, a 25-year-old right handed closer, will be the player to be named in the trade with Pittsburgh, sources confirmed.
Black saved 30 games the past two seasons between Double-A and Triple-A. He appeared in three games for the Pirates this year, pitching four innings.
* Starters Jeremy Hefner and Jenrry Mejia, as expected, underwent their procedures at the Hospital for Special Surgery with the operations performed by Dr. David Altchek.
Hefner underwent Tommy John surgery with a general cleaning of the elbow while a bone spur was removed from Mejia's elbow.
* Recently recalled Anthony Recker will start Thursday at catcher. Collins didn't want to use Travis d'Arnaud in a day game after a night game.
* "Recker's going to play tomorrow. [Yesterday] was what, four days in a row for Trav, so I'm going to get Recker in there," Collins said.
The week has been as turbulent as any the Mets have faced. The loss of Harvey. The trade. But Collins said he wants no self pity.
"It's human nature to say, 'Wow, what are we doing?' " Collins said. "But you know what? You've got forget it and go play. That message was sent [Tuesday] to every single player.
"If they're going to feel sorry for themselves because of what's happened in the last two days, they're looking at failure. You know what that means? That means someone else is going to wear that uniform next year."
fred.kerber@nypost.com
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