Mets Minors Recap: Syracuse Suffers First Loss Of Their Season

The excitement and pageantry that come with the Opening  Day of baseball season are unmatched, but the grind of the six-month minor league season hits the ground running on day two.

Following their opening day win, the Syracuse Mets (Triple-A) hosted the Woo Sox again for the second game of their series, looking to sprint out to a 2-0 start to the season.

Triple-A

Worcester Red Sox (1-1) 5,  Syracuse Mets (1-1) 3

Box Score

• DH Christian Arroyo: 2-4, (.500 OPS)
• LF Ryan Clifford: 1-4 (.500 OPS)
• 3B Ronny Mauricio: 1-4 (.500 OPS)
• 1B José Rojas: 1-4 (.875 OPS)

Syracuse matched their run output from Opening Day in their second game of the year, but it was not enough. The lineup was able to get six runners on base in total, but only Arroyo reached more than once. Rojas’ Opening Day home run remains his only extra-base hit through two games. As a team, Syracuse struck out more than they reached base.

• RHP Joander Suarez 3.1 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 4 K, L (5.40 ERA)
• RHP Jonathan Pintaro: 2 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 2 K (9.00 ERA)
• RHP Joey Gerber: IP, H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K (0.00 ERA)
• RHP Alex Carrillo: IP, H, R, ER, 2 BB, K (9.00 ERA)

Suarez is coming off an incredibly strong 2025 campaign in which he posted an ERA of 3.76 in 23 appearances across Double-A Binghamton and Triple-A Syracuse. The base runners were a major concern for him early in his career, but he managed to get his WHIP all the way down from 1.83 in 2022 to 1.05 last year.

He was followed up by four Syracuse relievers, two of whom made appearances in the major league last year: Pintaro and Carrillo. They figured to be two of the first options for relief depth for the big-league squad, along with Gerber, who is new to the organization and is on New York’s 40-man roster.

The Mets and Red Sox play their rubber match this afternoon at 1:10 pm ET with right-hander Bryce Conley set to make his organizational debut.

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