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The Syracuse Mets have released their preliminary roster 2021, this team will likely see a ton of player movement with injuries from the Major League level and the taxi squad for the Mets as well.
Syracuse will have a 31-man roster with 28 of them needing to be clarified as active and then a three-player taxi squad. This three-player squad is separate from the five-player one the big league team has.
As you can see, this team starts off with a lot of veterans and the top rated prospect is outfielder Khalil Lee (#7 according to MLB Pipeline).
Here’s the roster:
Pitchers
RHP Jordan Yamamoto (Opening Day starter)
LHP Thomas Szapucki (Mets #10 prospect)
RHP Jerad Eickhoff
RHP Oscar De La Cruz (Mets #24 prospect)
RHP Franklyn Kilome (Mets #22 prospect)
RHP Jesus Reyes
RHP Arodys Vizcaino
LHP Tom Windle
RHP Stephen Nogosek
RHP Yennsy Diaz (Mets #27 prospect)
RHP Tommy Hunter
RHP Sam McWilliams (Mets #16 prospect)
RHP Drew Smith
LHP Stephen Tarpley
Catchers
Deivy Grullon
Martin Cervenka
Bruce Maxwell
Infielders
1B/3B David Thompson
UT Wilfredo Tovar
1B/3B Brandon Drury
UT Jake Hager
UT Drew Jackson
Khalil Lee, Credit: Matt Kartozian-USA TODAY Sports
Outfielders
Andrew Ferguson
Khalil Lee
Quinn Brodey
Syracuse will have former big league Chad Kreuter as their manager with Mike Cather as the pitching coach, Joel Chimelis as the hitting coach, and Luis Rivera as the bench coach.
The Triple-A Mets affiliate begin their season on May 4 at home. Their home games can be seen on MiLB tv.
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