Each year at 213 we look through the Non-Roster Invitees to spring training and get to know them a bit. Are they in camp to get a look at big league hitting/pitching to aid their development? Are the Mets just trying to get a better look at a future rookie? Are they a veteran trying to get back to the major league level? What can we expect from them this season?
Adonis Uceta made his professional debut with the Mets back in 2013 with the DOSL team at the age of 19. The 25 year old (who will turn 26 this season) finally made it to Syracuse last year and could potentially be knocking on the door of Queens this year if he can find his way on to the 40-man roster.
Over his 7 years in the minors, Adonis has pitched into 150 games with 36 starts logging 385 innings with a 3.34 ERA and 1.244 WHIP. He fell off a lot of radars because of his 2018 performance, a shortened season that saw him make only 16 appearances with 25.1 innings posting a 4.26 ERA. but he landed himself back on the scene last year with his time in Binghamton. Over 36 games and 56.1 innings he posted a 1.44 ERA with a 1.030 WHIP. His cup of coffee in Syracuse wasn’t successful, neither was his stint in the DOWL this past off-season.
Baseball America ranked him the #21 Mets prospect back before the 2018 season. He has a fastball that sits mid to upper 90s and throws out of the three quarter arm slot. Back then is large fram and “high-effort delivery” prompted BA to write that some in the Mets organization compared him to Hansel Robles.
The Mets for many different reasons (ineffectiveness, poor roster management, injuries) tend to blow through relievers that are close to the 40-man, which is where Uceta is. If he pitches well the first 8 weeks of the season or so, we could see him in Queens by the end of the season.
