Mets reliever Dedniel Núñez made his second appearance with the team’s Triple-A team on Thursday night and was utterly dominant.
In two innings, Núñez allowed just one hit and one walk while striking out two batters. The right-hander tossed 29 pitches, 20 going for strikes. This comes after his first appearance where the 28-year-old allowed a run on one hit while striking out two batters in one inning of work.
Núñez came into camp after missing most of the second half of last season with a prolator strain. A shame considering he pitched to a 2.31 ERA in 25 appearances a year ago. He’s begun the 2025 campaign in the minors so he can continue to ramp up, but he had a solid spring allowing two runs in two innings of work. If he continues to pitch this way, he’ll make his way back to the club sooner rather than later.
Dedniel Núñez pitched 2 scoreless innings tonight for Syracuse
2.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 2 K, 29 pitches pic.twitter.com/Lo7JnF3j8J
— SNY Mets (@SNY_Mets) April 4, 2025
Unfortunately for the Syracuse Mets, starter Blade Tidwell was not as sharp.
Tidwell allowed four runs on four hits and three walks across 3.1 innings while striking out four batters. It was the 23-year-old’s second start of the minor league season and was a 180 from his first outing. Back on March 28, Tidwell pitched five innings, allowing just one run on one hit and one walk while striking out five.
Tyler Zuber pitched in relief of Tidewell and was perfect through 1.2 innings to give the Syracuse Mets a chance but the offense was just not there.
The Syracuse Mets collected just four hits in total. Two came from Jose Azocar and the other two from Gilberto Celestino.
Among Celestino’s two knocks was a solo shot, which accounted for the Mets’ only run in their 5-1 loss to the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders.
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