Syracuse Mets are feeling ripple effects from New York Mets

As the New York Mets continue to struggle in the Big Apple, the impact is felt in CNY. Another batch of recalls sets new challenges for the Syracuse Mets.

Since May 17th the New York Mets have now added five additional names to the Injured List. Thursday morning New York announced that both Robinson Canò and Jeff McNeil will be headed to the 10 day IL after a 6-1 win over the “Syracuse Chiefs'” former parent club Washington Nationals.

On Wednesday night another injury rocked the New York Mets’ outfield, which sent Brandon Nimmo to the 10 day Injured List. Rajai Davis was selected from Syracuse to the Metropolitan’s active roster. This is not just another outfielder with Major League experience that is no longer available for manager Tony DeFrancesco but impacts the bullpen directly as well.

The Nimmo injury combined with the Seth Lugo IL stint, that began on May 20th, the Mets have lost two arms out of their pen. Hector Santiago appeared in eight games while starting seven of them. He was a reliable arm in the rotation and was eating up innings on the mound going seven his last time out against the Louisville Bats. Paul Sewald was also lost being designated for assignment to make room on the 40-man roster for Davis.

Sewald’s departure could be a more permanent loss. With the New York Mets DFAing Sewald, he must now go through the waiver process first and use a 10 day period for New York to trade or release him. Sewald’s best chance to remain in the organization is accepting an outright option to Triple-A when the 10 day period is up.

With the struggles, major league teams, such as the Nationals, have had this year with their bullpens Sewald might become an intriguing option for another club to use a Major League roster spot for.

In the midst of all of these changes, Syracuse has now dropped their past two series with the loss at Lehigh Valley Wednesday night. The Canò injury is presumably the reason why in the bottom the 5th inning the Mets relieved Luis Guillorme for Dilson Herrera.

With Herrera, Carlos Gomez, Davis, Santiago, Ryan O’Rourke, and Sewald, the Mets are now missing six guys from the club that helped them reach first place in the International League North Division, as they now trail the Iron Pigs by percentage points going into Thursday’s series finale.

There could be hope down in the farm as the Binghamton Rumble Ponies, Mets Double-A affiliate has some interesting prospects who are becoming more and more Major League ready by the day and could certainly see some action in Triple-A before any possible big league promotion.

One of the most intriguing is left-handed pitcher Anthony Kay. Kay Monday night in his latest and possibly greatest so far at the Double-A level hurled a gem against the Bowie Baysox. In his dominant performance, Kay didn’t give up a hit while walking one and striking out seven in seven innings.

The Minor League season is long and all teams will face up and downs along the way making the Syracuse Mets no exception in this. However, the team will continue to get chances to prove themselves this week as they finish their series in Lehigh Valley before taking on the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders, who are just on their tail in the standings, at NBT Bank Stadium for a four-game set beginning Friday night.