Mets Minors: Thomas Szapucki and short season squad
by David Groveman
The news is
in and it is final, the MLB has canceled the minor league season for 2020. The
Mets will need to pause the career progress of a number of their most promising
players (Ronny
Mauricio, Matthew
Allan, Francisco
Alvarez etc…) as the world reacts to the Covid-19 situation and we hope
they will be able to pick up baseball activities in the fall or winter leagues.
In the meantime, the Mets have a player pool of 60 with which to assemble their
team for the shortened MLB season.Should the season go as planned the Mets will not use too many prospects in this shortened season but we might see a little from Andres Gimenez, David Peterson, Kevin Smith, Ali Sanchez, Thomas Szapucki, Franklyn Kilome and Jordan Humphreys either way. Today’s article is going to talk about the prospects the Mets are carrying on their 60 man squads and who might make an impact in the shortened season.
Thomas Szapucki, LHP – The pitcher who just turned 24 last month had a fairly decent shot of earning his way onto the major league roster had the 2020 season not gone awry. Having lost almost two entire seasons to injury, the talented lefty had a strong return to action in 2021 though he barely sniffed AA and only threw 36 innings in Advanced A.
The beauty of the Mets putting him on the squad is that he has already lost two developmental seasons thanks to injury and to lose another for Covid-19 would be maddening. After a strong return to baseball in 2019 it’s good to see the Mets throwing the dice with a player who might be asked to step into the rotation in 2021 and beyond.
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3 comments:
I have always been a big fan of Szapucki.
The talent has shined at all levels.
The health is not.
Because of that, I would move him to the pen and save arm wear.
Big chance for the Szapper this year. Time to get to the bigs.
Glad to hear he had a good season in 2021.
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