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Memories of Gavin Cecchini

G-Fafif Jan 29 2020 11:51 AM

The first first-round pick from the 2012 draft has signed a minor league deal with Arizona. The second was Kevin Plawecki. Maybe not the most fruitful of first rounds. Brief stints, few results, yet a home run off Clayton Kershaw. I also recall tweeting something nice after the kid debuted and his mother quickly fav-ing it.

seawolf17 Jan 29 2020 12:25 PM Re: Memories of Gavin Cecchini

Conflated him a lot with his brother Garin, who was an equally-regarded prospect with the BoSox. Combined major league Cecchini stats over tiny parts of four seasons: 123 AB, 26 hits.

Johnny Lunchbucket Jan 29 2020 12:28 PM Re: Memories of Gavin Cecchini

Was hoping it woulda worked out better. Always associated him and Zimmo as Paul DePodesta picks, different from Mets' traditional reliance on college pitchers with top pixx. Had a nice level swing with which he hit a ringing double near the end of his first call-up season that I wrongly pinned my entire hopes on.

Centerfield Jan 29 2020 12:32 PM Re: Memories of Gavin Cecchini

Was my pick for Dark Horse Met of 2018. It didn't work out. Hope he ends up rooming with Wilmer.

ashie62 Jan 29 2020 04:21 PM Re: Memories of Gavin Cecchini

He was kinda like T.J. Rivera and Matt Reynolds but without the talent

MFS62 Jan 29 2020 06:55 PM Re: Memories of Gavin Cecchini

=ashie62 post_id=30747 time=1580340089 user_id=90] He was kinda like T.J. Rivera and Matt Reynolds but without the talent

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Edgy MD Jan 29 2020 07:38 PM Re: Memories of Gavin Cecchini

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: Was hoping it woulda worked out better. Always associated him and Zimmo as Paul DePodesta picks, different from Mets' traditional reliance on college pitchers with top pixx. Had a nice level swing with which he hit a ringing double near the end of his first call-up season that I wrongly pinned my entire hopes on. That ringing double was what I was thinking of. It came in a wild comeback in which the Mets were down by like 10 runs to Philly, emptied the bench and a batch of AAA players hammered their way back into the game. The Mets totally would have overtaken them, but they just ran out of outs. OE: Here is the game. The Phils got out of there with a win, but they so shell-shocked by the shifting momentum in the second half of the game that the Mets won the next game 17-0. Look at the 2016iness of that bullpen! Fernando Salas! Big Jim Henderson! Eric Goeddel! http://ultimatemets.com/scorecard_graph.php?game=8859&font=1>

Edgy MD Jan 29 2020 07:45 PM Re: Memories of Gavin Cecchini

Looks like Cheech reached second in all three of his turns at the plate, on two doubles and an error by Mikael Franco.

Willets Point Jan 29 2020 09:35 PM Re: Memories of Gavin Cecchini

Don't have an memories of Gavin but I was present at the game in 2014 when Garin got his first MLB hit, which ended up being 0.125 of his career output.

Lefty Specialist Jan 30 2020 05:37 AM Re: Memories of Gavin Cecchini

Had his chances, didn't seize them. So it goes.

LWFS Jan 30 2020 10:18 AM Re: Memories of Gavin Cecchini

That WAS a tasty double, IIRC. Laser to the oppo-field gap, ah believe.

Johnny Lunchbucket Jan 30 2020 12:01 PM Re: Memories of Gavin Cecchini

Amazin'ly there's 18 minutes of raw video from that game up on the Mets site (no announcers, just crowd noise and bat-on-ball action. Cecchini's doubles are at 12:50 and 16:03. There's also a cool Ty Kelly action in there, couple single, throws a guy out at home. https://www.mlb.com/gameday/phillies-vs-mets/2016/09/24/449180#game_state=final,lock_state=final,game_tab=videos,game=449180

Edgy MD Jan 30 2020 01:42 PM Re: Memories of Gavin Cecchini

It was the fourth inning that killed them. Two hits and a hit-by-pitch, but they came up empty on a GiDP by Druby and a hacking strikeout by Kelly Johnson. The comeback started right after that.