Syracuse falls 6-3 in his debut as a Mets affiliate

I stood out in the lobby just outside the press gallery when the Syracuse Mets lineup was first introduced. It was 41º and windy. I was in Syracuse all winter and I was so used to this weather.

The New York-based writer standing next to me – he was there to cover Tim Tebow– was not so comfortable. Tebow's name was called sixth in an order that included Rajai Davis, Gregor Blanco, and Carlos Gomez among the other members of the big leagues. The range was an "island of unsuitable toys". The list was full of depth Quad-A and without any outstanding prospect, Tebow was the only story worthy of the news.

Despite the weather, fans came en masse, pocketing the NBT Bank stadium pitch. Whether they are there to see Tebow or to get acquainted with baseball again, they introduced themselves. You would be hard pressed to find more followers in a minor league game anywhere, anytime. The land was in perfect condition, with a grass as green as the one you can find anywhere in the city of Syracuse at this time of the year. The sky was clear and sunny. From the heat of the press, it was a day of deceptive beauty for baseball.

Then the game started. Tzu-Wei Lin started against Hector Santiago, the veteran southpaw and former All-Star that the Mets have resumed as depth during the off season. Santiago was finalist for the final spot of the Mets, which eventually moved to Tim Peterson.

Lin checked on a 1-2 offer and tapped between the third and the short. David Thompson, the only "real" perspective of the Mets range (if I can still call it a "prospect" and keep my journalistic integrity), cut it in front of Adeiny Hechavarria but threw it wide, pulling Travis Taijeron off first base. Santiago showed some of his strengths in this first round: work quickly and break the mouth. He took Gorkys Hernandez in this first, and launched at a fast pace.

The Mets beat their first run against right-handed Pawtucket Mike Shawaryn. Carlos GomezFate having finally put it back in a sort of Mets uniform, received a nice hand from the crowd before hitting. The first to bat Tebow arrived at the bottom of the second, with two others. The crowd roared as he approached the plate. Shawaryn is down 3-0. I heard murmurs in the press that he was talking around him. He returned to hit him with a full count slider.

The third set was strangely similar to the first. Just like the first run, Thompson threw a ball to the ground to start the inning. Later in the frame, Santiago chose a rider among the first. This time, however, Taijeron almost threw the ball. Lin, the runner, was stolen a goal, but it was a game that should have been done. The defense of infiltration in the corner was not particularly strong for the Mets at the beginning of this match.

The Mets set up their first threat in the third inning. Hechavarria scored the first shot for both sides with a sharp single through the short stop. Thompson rebounded against second baseman Mike Miller, but Miller started and threw the recovery attempt. This made the runners second and third, with only one of the top spots. Blanco would withdraw, and Danny Espinosa market to charge the bases. Gomez had a chance to make noise, but hit a weak player for Michael Chavis to the first goal.

Santiago gave up his first shot at the top of the fifth, a sluggish base player Sandy Leon who kissed the third baseline. You read that, Leon had a shot on the ground to break the offer without success. Miller followed with a frozen rope up to the opposite field that reached over the small porch of the right field. Miller had only scored four homers in 361 with a bat the previous season, but gave Pawtucket a 2-way lead in fifth place.

In the bottom half, Hechavarria scored a double in the left field line to start the inning. He advances on a wild field and scores on a Thompson field. So, if you chose Thompson to have the first RBI in Syracuse Mets history, you chose the right choice. That's 2-1.

The sixth inning was given to Paul Sewald. Santiago finished after five innings and 82 shots. Sewald began his day as receiver for the first ceremonial launches before the match. He gave a pair of singles, including one to a former Met farmer. Bryce Brentzbut a double game helped him out unscathed.

When I saw the composition of Mets before the game, I was a little annoyed by Tony DeFrancesco"The inclusion of Danny Espinosa more than Dilson Herrera. Herrera is a potential higher player, and probably better at this stage of their career. Throughout the day, he had feigned caries attempts. At the head of the sixth, he finally dropped one. It was a drag dredge perfectly placed in front of the pitcher and the second baseman. He beat him and the Mets were in business.

Rajai Davis bounces one of his own rights in the middle of the infield, and two were on board. C & # 39; was Travis Taijeron'S turn. Taijeron was a long-time farmer at the Met and he had 52 big-shots in 2017. He spent 2018 in Triple-A with the Dodgers, but found his way back to a minor league contract in the off season. The runners were moving on an offer of a shot from the new pitcher Marcus Waldenand Taijeron dug it in the center-left. Both runners easily scored. The first extra shot in Syracuse's history of the Mets gave them a 3-2 lead.

The seventh inning was tiring for the duo of Eric Hanhold and Daniel Zamora. Hanhold was wild and inefficient, giving up a sharp single to Sandy Leon and a walk to Miller. Cole Sturgeon He sacrificed the runners in second and third places and DeFrancesco pulled the hook on Hanhold. Zamora battled Lin, a southpaw, and put him on three pitches. The devastating ball from Zamora completely blocked Lin, who had no chance. Gorkys Hernandez followed with a bouncer at the third, which Thompson threw to get out of the side.

Zamora started the eighth round against Michael Chavis, the Red Sox's main prospect. Chavis did what Chavis does – he hit a bomb on Tebow's left head and all the rest. In 2017, Chavis visited 31 times. This client linked the game in the. Jacob Rhame finished the sleeve by keeping it tied.

Rajai Davis recorded his second single with two outings in the eighth. He was kidnapped by the southpaw Josh Taylorbut still stole the second base. Taijeron walked, bringing Tebow with a chance to mark the start. However, he did not have the chance, as Davis tried to steal the third goal, a disconcerting action with two withdrawals in the key, and found himself in a tight situation.

The ninth started promisingly for the PawSox, with a march to Miller and a single from Sturgeon. Ryan O'Rourke, now in the game, did an excellent game with Lin, dismissing the main runner from a third-place power play. Dilson Herrera, newly entered the game and playing on third base, stretched into a split to secure the outside. On the next field, Gorkys Hernandez managed a double easy game with Hechavarria to end the round.

The fans started heading for the outings when the match came in his 10th inning, leaving about half of the crowd. As the game started on extra runs, I was reminded of the new Minor League Baseball rule of placing a runner on second base to start each extra frame.

Hernandez, the last hitter of the previous period, started at second base and stayed there when Michael Chavis reached on a simple infield. O & # 39; Rourke is out Josh Ockimey for the first exit, but walked Bryce Brentz on four grounds to carry the bags. There was no safety net for the southpaw. Nobody in the pen behind him. No one even sitting in the pen. It was O'Rourke's mess, and this time he could not escape. Tony Renda laced a line of workout in the center left. Tebow had a rough patch and took a poor corner with the ball. It ended with a double in goals, giving the PawSox a 6 to 3 lead.

Our old friend Jenrry Mejia, coming out of a good spring with the Sox, acted the same way for Pawtucket. Recipient Colton Plaia ran in the place of René Rivera at the second base to start the inning. However, the Mets went out in order against Mejia, losing their opening day, 6-3.

It's hard to say that there are standings in this game. No particular player impressed me enough to feel the need to note it. Hector Santiago Looked good. Rajai Davis and Adeiny Hechavarria each one hits a pair of balls securely. In fact, Hechavarria also made an excellent play in the middle of the heat. The most impressive player on either side was easily Michael Chavis. But that makes sense because he is a potential candidate.

At the end of the day, it's a game in which Tony DeFrancesco went early and often to his pen, and his pen could not hold a lead or draw. The offense had only six hits and two walks, and it is difficult to score goals so unlikely. I have the feeling that this game will be revealing of how the Syracuse Mets season could unfold as a whole.

They are going to have a mean foul, so when they have a lead, they have to be able to count on the Hanholds, Zamoras and Bashlors of the world to take that lead. That is, they are in Syracuse rather than Queens. Anyway, if this corrector is effective and has the ability to be effective at the Triple-A level, the S-Mets should behave well in the win-loss column. Although former big players fill this club, it's not a team of drummers from around the world. But, they form an interesting group of players that can make noise in the International League.

Oh, and from elsewhere, for all national media hoopla about Tim Tebow By reaching Triple-A, he looked pretty overfished today. Not much to write about a guy who has a low 0-to-4 with two punchouts. The score of the box