{"id":43028,"date":"2025-11-17T23:16:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T23:16:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/43028\/"},"modified":"2025-11-17T23:16:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T23:16:09","slug":"mets-prospect-chris-suero-brings-bronx-roots-and-dominican-grit-to-arizona-fall-league","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/43028\/","title":{"rendered":"Mets Prospect Chris Suero Brings Bronx Roots and Dominican Grit to Arizona Fall League"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>          \u00a0 About 2 minutes reading time.<br \/>\n          \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/worldbaseball.com\/author\/julianguilarte\/\" title=\"Posts by Julian Guilarte - World Baseball Network\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Julian Guilarte &#8211; World Baseball Network<\/a>\u00a0 | \u00a0\u00a0 Nov 17th, 2025 11:45am EST<\/p>\n<p>            <img width=\"1200\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Arizona-Fall-League-Logo-1200x600.jpg\" class=\"figure-img wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"   title=\"Arizona Fall League Logo - World Baseball Network\"\/>          <\/p>\n<p>Chris Suero\u2019s journey to the Arizona Fall League began far from the desert \u2014 in the Bronx. The New York Mets prospect, who can catch, play the outfield, and handle first base, is showing off that versatility this fall with the Scottsdale Scorpions.<\/p>\n<p>Suero, 22, signed with the Mets for $10,000 during the 2018 international signing period after taking an unconventional route \u2014 leaving New York to play high school baseball in the Dominican Republic.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBeing from New York, we don\u2019t really get the opportunity \u2014 we\u2019re kind of overlooked,\u201d Suero told World Baseball Network before the Scorpions\u2019 game against the Salt River Rafters on Nov. 10. \u201cI went to the D.R. and took the opportunity. My parents are Dominican, so I was able to take advantage of that. It was baseball all year round.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Inspired by Boston Red Sox Hall of Famer David Ortiz, Suero said the move helped him develop faster and gain the exposure he needed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve just always been hungry, so I want to be in the lineup,\u201d Suero said. \u201cWhether it\u2019s shortstop, pitching, it doesn\u2019t matter where they put me. I just want to help the team win and be the best version of myself.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Now in the Arizona Fall League, Suero is making the most of his opportunity. As of Nov. 10, he\u2019s batting .920 OPS with five home runs, 14 RBIs, and eight stolen bases for the Scottsdale Scorpions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are a lot of dogs and a lot of good players with bright futures,\u201d Suero said. \u201cComing here after winning two championships this year has been a blast.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Suero split the 2025 season between High-A Brooklyn and Double-A Binghamton, hitting 16 home runs with 68 RBIs and 35 stolen bases over 378 at-bats. He also caught 73 games, started 24 in left field, and 16 at first base.<\/p>\n<p>His best moment came in June, when he delivered a game-winning home run against the Aberdeen IronBirds that clinched the first-half title for the Brooklyn Cyclones.<\/p>\n<p>Suero, ranked as the Mets\u2019 No. 15 prospect by MLB Pipeline, is projected to reach the Major Leagues by 2027.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aioseo-author-bio-compact-image lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/3bfd41fb24bee28055cf317f9cc3ffa7c1a89c2608771d7c661e1d7762784df1\" alt=\"author avatar\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u00a0 About 2 minutes reading time. \u00a0Julian Guilarte &#8211; World Baseball Network\u00a0 | \u00a0\u00a0 Nov 17th, 2025 11:45am&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":43029,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[128,9,24,63,129,131,130],"class_list":["post-43028","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-the-bronx","tag-bronx","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-the-bronx","tag-the-bronx-headlines","tag-the-bronx-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43028","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43028"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43028\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43029"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43028"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43028"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43028"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}