5/21/21

John From Albany - Syracuse Mets Post Game Zoom Call with Manager Chad Kreuter 5/21/2021

 


With Pete Alonso going to the IL, wanted to see if J.D. Davis was capable of going over there; "Better to find out here than in the [big leagues]". 

Thomas Szapucki to start tomorrow for Syracuse.  Syracuse pitchers still may be an option when the Mets head back to NY next week. 

The plan with Seth Lugo is to build him up to throw two innings.  Chad thought he started to lose velocity the deeper he went into his outing.  When this happened he started to work on his breaking ball.  They will see how he recovers after tonight.  He most likely will pitch again Sunday. 

Chad Kreuter has no time frame on Noah Syndergaard’s rehab or if will be coming to Syracuse.  He thought it would be possible that he would be in Syracuse at some point due their location in Central NY.   

Martin Cervenka is limited to just hitting due to an injury to his throwing arm.  That leaves Nick Meyer  and Bruce Maxwell as the only players that can catch on the roster.

Chad said that Nick Meyer is very versatile and has good speed.  If there was an injury to an infielder tonight, Nick would have gone into play 2B.  He thinks he may be able to use him in the outfield as well. 

Chad said that Binghamton is also strapped.  No reinforcements on way from AA.  Chad expects once NY starts to get healthy, the Syracuse players up there will start to come back. 


1 comment:

Tom Brennan said...

Nice interview. Good on Davis plan. And Lugo plan.

Meyer could be an interesting utility catcher etc etc for Mets...just gotta hit.