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1/27/22

Player Profile - Marcel Renteria


Marcel Renteria, Syracuse Mets, Photo by Herm Card - Herm4444@gmail.com

Background, Stats, Videos.

Background: 

Marcel Renteria. Relief Pitcher, Bats Right, Throws Right; 5-11, 185lb; DOB 9/27/1994 in Nogales, AZ, USA; Drafted by the New York Mets in the 2017 MLB June Amateur Draft, Round: 6, Pick: 22, Overall: 187 from New Mexico State University (Las Cruces, NM).  2021 Non-Roster Invitee to Spring Training. Eligible for the Major League version of the 2021/22 Rule 5 draft (currently postponed due to the lockout).

On the day he was drafted Mack noted: "Renteria's ability to reach the mid to upper 90s with his fastball gave him an opportunity to play professional baseball...His fastball sits 94-97, and touches 99 MPH"

After pitching in relief for Brooklyn in 2017, he went to the Columbia Fireflies in 2018 as a starting pitcher before moving back to the bullpen in 2018 for St. Lucie and Binghamton.  

Speaking to Ernest Dove about the switch back to relief: “The biggest adjustment was finding my identity coming out of the pen. I realized I’m not the guy who’s just going to blow it by you with every fastball I throw and it took some learning moments to trust and use all my pitches to my advantage”.

After COVID-19 ended the 2020 minor league season, Ernest Dove reported that Renteria trained "on the west coast with assistance from Simon Mathews through X2Athletics, Push Performance and Driveline Baseball. Simon, a pro pitcher himself, was recently released from the Los Angeles Angels organization. Simon has been using advanced analytics, Rapsodo technology to partner with training and mechanical changes to improve Renteria overall game."

When I saw him in 2021, it looked like the training paid off.  Be it pitching, running the bases, or bunting for a base hit, he stood out. He threw 3 scoreless outings for Binghamton and then was promoted to Syracuse.  

His Syracuse - 4-0, 9.00 ERA, 14 games, 19 innings, 28 Ks, 14 walks was not great.  However, this was due to a few bad outings where he was not able to complete the inning and gave up multiple runs, to give him the high ERA.  At the same time, he had numerous where he gave up no hits or runs. Then in July, just as Marcel seemed to start finding his AAA groove, an injury ended his season.

He told Ernest Dove in the audio clip below that he is healthy now and training for the 2022 season. 

I think he will start the year in Syracuse.  If he can find consistency, he could give the Mets a valuable arm out of the pen that can go multiple innings, especially against Right-Handed batters.  Then, 2022 could be the year for him to make it to the Majors.

FANGRAPHS had him as their #24 Mets prospect before the 2021 Season.


Marcel Renteria’s Baseball Savant page.

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Ernest Dove Interviews Marcel Renteria after the 2021 season (Renteria interview starts at 1:27):





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4 comments:

  1. Mack AdeJanuary 27, 2022 at 1:13 PM

    Sent to Marcel

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  2. Ernest DoveJanuary 27, 2022 at 1:16 PM

    I think he makes it this year to fill a hole . Wish him the absolute best. Gem of a human being. Want to see him get his shot.

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  3. Tom BrennanJanuary 27, 2022 at 2:18 PM

    It is sad to see that he also, like some others like Szapucki, has pitched for a long time ( since 2016) and thrown just 177 innings. I hope he is healthy and gets lots of innings in. You grow most when you pitch against live hitters.

    If, as Ernest says, he is a gem of a human being, those kinds of guys are who we pull for the most.

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  4. John From AlbanyJanuary 27, 2022 at 6:52 PM

    An injury after missing the 2020 season due to the COVID-19 cancellation was a big blow. I agree with Tom - wishing for health and innings for Marcel and all of the Mets minor league pitchers next year.

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