Mets Minors Game Chat: Triple-A Syracuse Celebrates Opening Day
Friday, March 28, 2025 • 3:05 PM
Polar Park • Worcester, MA
RHP Blade Tidwell (0-0, -.–) vs. RHP Robert Stock (0-0, -.–)
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A day after the major league club rung in the new season, Triple-A Syracuse will follow suit in a road bout with the Worcester Red Sox, who if it wasn’t already clear are an affiliate of the Boston Red Sox.
Blade Tidwell, who ranked No. 15 on MMO’s top prospects list this year, gets the start for Syracuse. The 2022 second-round pick made 19 appearances (17 starts) for the team last season and struggled to the tune of a 6.88 ERA after logging a 2.41 ERA with Double-A Binghamton prior to his promotion.
Blade Tidwell. Photo Credit: Sam Navarro-Imagn Images
Syracuse Lineup
- Donovan Walton – 2B
- Luis De Los Santos – SS
- Billy McKinney – LF
- Joey Meneses – 1B
- Luke Ritter – 3B
- Diego Castillo – DH
- Gilberto Celestino – RF
- Jakson Reetz – C
- Omar De Los Santos – CF
Worcester Lineup
- Roman Anthony – LF
- Nick Sogard – 3B
- Marcelo Mayer – SS
- Trayce Thompson – RF
- Vaughn Grissom – 2B
- Blake Sabol – C
- Abraham Toro – 1B
- Nathan Hickey – DH
- Nate Eaton – CF
Game Notes
- Ritter tore the cover off the ball for Syracuse in 2024, mashing 26 home runs while logging 93 RBIs to go with a slash line of .257/.369/.480. The 28-year-old has resided in the Mets’ organization since he was selected during the seventh round of the 2019 MLB Draft, and perhaps his long-awaited big league call-up could come this year if he can carry over his hot bat.
- Anthony and Mayer are two of the top prospects not just in Boston’s farm system, but across the league as a whole. Tidwell and the rest of Syracuse’s pitching staff will have their hands full throughout the course of the weekend, which should provide a nice early season challenge as the unit looks to find its footing.
- Stock, whose last major league appearance came with the Mets in 2021, gets the start for Worcester. He made stops in the KBO, Atlantic and Mexican Leagues over the past few years while also enjoying a stint with the Nashville Sounds, the Milwaukee Brewers’ Triple-A affiliate, in 2023.
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