PHOENIX – Rosario Watch will continue on.

The Mets are not considering promoting top prospect Amed Rosario in the scenario where they place shortstop Asdrubal Cabrera on the disabled list Tuesday, according to assistant general manager John Ricco. Cabrera did not start his second straight game Monday due to a sprained left thumb, and a decision on whether he will be placed on the disabled list will be finalized Tuesday.

“He’s not a short-term (option),” Ricco said of Rosario. “Not in the short term.”

Rosario is universally viewed as one of the top prospects in baseball, with several publications ranking him in the top five, and is knocking on the door for a promotion. He is a potential five-tool player, and impressed in spring training with his smoothness on defense and solid approach.

The 21-year-old entered Monday hitting .359 with a .401 on-base percentage and a .894 OPS with Class AAA Las Vegas. He had 14 extra-base hits and seven steals in 36 games.

While Rosario’s strong showing has put him in in the discussion for a promotion, the team does not want to be too aggressive with the shortstop. Ricco said the team likes what Rosario has accomplished in his first season in Class AAA, but he could use some more seasoning before making his major league debut.

The Mets have tended to be cautious with their prospects although they rushed outfielder Michael Conforto in 2015. Conforto went straight from Class AA to the majors and helped fuel the team’s playoff run.

Rosario could also be held in the minors until mid-June to avoid calling him up before the unspecified Super 2 deadline, which would affect how many years the team controls him.

“One of the reasons you put a guy in Triple A is because you face a different level of competition there and he’s starting to see more off-speed pitches. He can hit the fastball but they’re starting to throw him off-speed pitches in fastball counts and we'll see how he adjusts to that. There are certain things you can only get through repetitive (action),” Ricco said. “Certain special guys can take it, we brought Conforto up, but that’s a little bit of a different situation at that point. Right now, talking to everybody involved, scouts who have seen him, he needs some more time down there. He's 21. He’s a young kid.”

The Mets may need to make a move for Cabrera since his sprained left thumb is giving him issues again after he aggravated it Saturday against the Brewers.

Cabrera initially suffered the sprain May 6 while diving for a grounder, and did not start the next four games. He finally returned to the lineup Friday against Milwaukee, but aggravated the injury during an at-bat Saturday. He did not play Sunday and Monday.

Though Cabrera said he has a torn ligament, Ricco said the ligament is intact, and it’s a sprain in the joint of the thumb. Under the new CBA rules, teams can only backdate disabled list stints three days.

Ricco said the team will see how Cabrera is Tuesday before making a decision. Cabrera declined comment when approached Monday.

“We’ve been reluctant to put him on so far because he’s such a big part of the team but we'll probably make a decision tomorrow,” Ricco said. “We’ve waited long enough. To his credit, he wants to keep fighting.”

The Mets have used Jose Reyes at shortstop in Cabrera’s absence, and would likely continue to do so if Cabrera is sidelined, since shortstop is his natural position. Reyes has also struggled at third base.

“Anytime he rolls over and does something he swells it up and he’s missing a couple of days,” Mets manager Terry Collins said of Cabrera. “Certainly some thought of, 'We've got to calm it down.”