Mu gihe shampiyona ya Major League Baseball (MLB) igizwe n’imikino 162, buri kipe igira imbogamizi zitandukanye mu rugendo rwayo – kandi New York Mets si umwihariko. Kuri ubu bamaze gutsindwa imikino ibiri ikurikirana, kandi umukinnyi wabo ukina hagati mu kibuga, Jose Siri, yavunitse ku kuguru (tibia) ku wa Gatandatu, ubu akaba atazagaruka mu kibuga igihe kitazwi, nk’uko byatangajwe na Tim Healey wa Newsday.
Mu gihe Siri atari mu kibuga, Tyrone Taylor w’imyaka 30 ni we uri gusimbura mu mwanya wo hagati nubwo ari mu bihe bigoye, aho afite impuzandengo yo ku mikino .163/.200/.209. Taylor, ufite uburebure bwa metero 1.85 n’ibiro 99, asanzwe anakinira ku ruhande rw’iburyo mu gihe ari ngombwa, kimwe na Starling Marte, uri gukina afite impuzandengo ya .167/.278/.300, afite homer imwe na RBI 6 kugeza ubu.
Undi mukinnyi ushobora gusimbura Siri ni Brandon Nimmo, usanzwe ari mu ba mbere b’ingenzi bakinira ku ruhande rw’ibumoso. Nimmo, w’imyaka 32, yagize icyo avuga ku by’iyo mpinduka nyuma y’uko Mets (11-7) batsinzwe na Minnesota Twins ku ntsinzi ya 4-3 ku wa Gatatu, nk’uko byatangajwe na SNY.
“Nzakinira aho bansabye hose,” yavuze Nimmo. “Niba bisaba ko njya gukina hagati, ni ho nzaba ndi. Ariko tuzareba uko abatoza bazagena uko ibintu bigenda mu minsi iri imbere.”
Yakomeje agira ati:
“Mu by’ukuri sinabitindaho. Bashobora kunyimura aho bashaka uko babyumva. Nk’uko nabivuze, aho hifuzwa ngo dutsinde ni ho nzaba ndi uwo munsi. Nta kintu bimbabaza cyangwa ngo bintere isoni. Simfite ubwibone nk’ubwo – icyo nshaka ni ugufasha ikipe gutsinda.”
Brandon Nimmo amaze imyaka myinshi ari kumwe na Mets kuva aho iyi kipe yamutoranyirije ku mwanya wa 13 muri MLB Draft ya 2011. Uwo mwaka yakiniye Gulf Coast League Mets (urwego rw’abato) na Kingsport Mets muri Appalachian League. Uyu mukinnyi ukomoka muri Wyoming yagiye bwa mbere mu ikipe nkuru mu 2016, aho yagaragaje impano ikomeye kugeza ubwo yaje kuyobora National League mu 2022 mu mukino wa “triples” aho yatsinze zirindwi.
- Jose Siri yavunitse, azaba adakina igihe kitazwi.
- Tyrone Taylor na Starling Marte bari gusimbura hagati mu kibuga ariko ntibari mu bihe byiza.
Nimmo yagaragaje ko nta kibazo afite mu kwimurwa kandi aharanira gutsindira ikipe ye.
Niba wifuza indi nkuru cyangwa se igice runaka usobanuriwe byimbitse, mbwira.
