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Hudson Valley, N.Y.- There are a lot of advantages when it comes to fielding young players, especially those who’re pretty much on par with the correlation between age and level factor. The Cyclones have college kids like J.R. Voyles and Jason Jacobs looking to prove themselves early on, accompanied by kids signed straight out the Dominican, such as Raul Reyes, who they can teach the game to, “The Mets Way”, before they’ve developed bad habits.
And, oh yeah, in stark contrast to the Ender Chavez’s and Micha Schilling’s, they can also win.
It wasn’t as though Hudson Valley Renegades pitcher Doug Waecheter wasn’t out there to prove himself either. The twenty-six year old, coming off arthroscopic surgery in October, set out to commence a long rehab stint when he took the mound for the Renegades home opener Friday night. While Waecheter certainly could’ve used his experience to his advantage, his goal was simple from the moment he took the mound; work with his entire repertoire and get a feel for all his pitches.
That approach caught up to him in the top half of the second.
After recovering from a one out double off the bat of J.R. Voyles in the first inning, Waecheter threw a fastball right into outfielder Jorge Reyes’s wheelhouse, as he pulled the ball into the right field stands, a solo shot, for the first run of the game, prompting a visit to the mound. The Cyclones followed that up with a more aggressive nature in the third inning, ultimately putting pressure on Waechter and the Renegades defense. Matthew Bouchard started the inning with a lead-off single, stole second, and with one out, scored on a sacrifice fly off the bat of Voyles.
One of the Mets few draft and follow signings, Nick Carr came in with the reputation of containing a mid 90’s fastball, a nasty slider, neither of which he had no idea of where it was going. Well, half of that was true tonight. Not only did Carr effectively use his slider as his out pitch to strike out ten batters in six innings of work, but when they were making contact, it was pretty weakly off his sinking fastball, as Carr amazingly kept every ball on the ground.
Daniel McDonald came onto replace Carr in the seventh following his 75 pitch limit, and in a double switch, Steven Cheney and Will Vogl replaced McDonald and Ender Chavez in the ninth. With the same stuff and more command (eight strikes, no balls) than last night, Cheney notched a save for the Cyclones 3-0 triumph over the Renegades.
Notes: It will be interesting to see if any of the Cyclones catchers- four on the roster are currently eligible to play behind the plate- will be moving around tomorrow, following the promotion of St. Lucie catcher Drew Butera to Bighamton tonight. Jason Jacobs, who was expected to play first base most of this season, but made his first start behind the plate tonight, went 0-4 and is currently hitting .091 on the year. Jeff Tatford, another player eligible to do some work behind the plate for Brooklyn, made his Cyclones debut tonight going 0-2 with one walk as the designated hitter.
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