LAAAts Go MAAAts - Syracuse Mets thread, 2024

[Fman99]

Home opener for the AAA Mets today, also, at 2:05 PM. It's a brisk 41 degree day in the Cuse. Too cold for me; I shan't be attending.

Starting lineup. I'm excited to watch Gilbert & Acuna here in Syracuse all summer. Can Jett Williams be that far behind, I wonder? Depends on how he starts the year Rumble Ponying.

CF Gilbert
2B Acuna
1B Choi
3B Vientos
RF Thompson
LF Gamel
SS Iglesias
C Allen
DH Bannon

SP Lucchesi

[MFS62]

Gilbert and Acuna with homers. Up 6-1 in the 7th.
We will expect a detailed scouting report on those kids.
You would have frozen your tuchus. Good move staying home.
Later

[Cowtipper]

That's actually a decent lineup. That's a major league lineup on some teams. The last time I saw the Syracuse Mets play is when I still lived in the Rochester area, but that was a few years ago now.

[MFS62]

The starting pitcher for Syracuse is "TBD".
How can a manager not know who his starter is in the second game of the season? They didn't just come off a long road trip where they used many pitchers.
Doesn't he have the rotation set in his mind coming out of spring training?
Later

[Edgy MD]

Sometimes, the guy you want to use hasn't been cleared by the trainers, and won't be until game day. Sometimes, the guy you wanted to use has become unavailable at a late hour, and you and the coaches are still weighing your alternatives.

[MFS62]

It was Butto, and he's down 1-0 after 1.
Later

[MFS62]

Mark Vientos homer, but they're down 4-1 in the 7th.
Later

[Fman99]

We are planning our Syracuse Mets in person debut tonight despite the forecast calling for temps in the 40-45 range. Fwife wants to see J.D. Martinez on his stop through town and this is likely to be his last game before his expected MLB Mets Friday debut.

[Centerfield]

Let us know how he looks!

I just saw a clip that says Drew Gilbert is out 4 more weeks. That's too bad. I thought he might have been one of our first callups this year.

[Benjamin Grimm]

I did too. I suppose he still might be, if Bader continues to play well for a while longer.

[MFS62]

Luisangel Acuna hasn't been hitting for average.
Let us know if he looks overmatched or if he is just hitting in bad luck.
Later

[Fman99]

He looked pretty good! Went 2-4 with a well struck double to the wall in the first inning and an RBI single up the middle in his second AB. Followed by two whiffs, which I will blame on the bitterly cold temps.

Luisangel Acuna looked good too. He can fly on the bases and executed a perfect drag bunt single down the third base line.

[Fman99]

Double bonus - when it's that cold you can walk up 6 minutes before first pitch and get a seat four rows behind the dish.

http://ibb.co/xj9kfHM

[Fman99]

Acuna action shot:

http://ibb.co/rbd3MwD