That is one Energy Cell I would rather leave in place.
Generally speaking, Metroids are very annoying to deal with. They’re not major threats on their own other than the bigger versions, but once they’re available they start being added to every boss fight and then you have a major problem on your hands. You’re never able to avoid freeing them in any game, unfortunately.
While the Ship Grapple seems designed specifically for this one instance, it’s much more useful than the Ship Missiles that for some reason we keep getting expansions for. The Command Visor is only used in very specific ways that you don’t get to choose, and it’s extremely rare that Samus can actually call in a bombing run from her ship. The Ship Grapple is similarly limited in how often you can call it, but it turns out there’s quite a lot for it to move. I don’t think we’ve called in a missile strike even once since Bryyo.