page_title: Gavin Cecchini
section_title: New York Mets
hierarchical_section_title: Gavin Cecchini / Professional career / New York Mets
caption_attribution_description: English: Gavin Cecchini of the New York Mets, September 25, 2016.
context_page_description: Gavin Glenn Christopher Joseph Cecchini is an American professional baseball second baseman for the Sugar Land Skeeters of the Constellation Energy League. He has played in Major League Baseball for the New York Mets.
context_section_description: Cecchini began his professional career in 2012 with the Kingsport Mets of the Appalachian League, batting .246/.311/.330, and then was promoted to Brooklyn Cyclones for five games in which he was hitless to end the season. Baseball America ranked him as the #2 prospect in the Mets system and the Appalachian League's #12 prospect following the 2012 season. He began the 2014 baseball season as a member of the Savannah Sand Gnats of the Class A South Atlantic League, and for three teams in aggregate he batted .247/.328/.378. 
  He was promoted to the Major Leagues on September 6, 2016. He made his Major League debut on September 11, striking out in a pinch hit appearance at Turner Field. On September 24, he hit his first career hit, an RBI double. For the season, he batted .208/.253/.273.
  Cecchini was designated for assignment on January 28, 2019 following the signing of Justin Wilson. He was outrighted on February 1, 2019 but was invited to spring training.  After recovering from injury, he was assigned to the Binghamton Rumble Ponies. He became a free agent following the 2019 season.
caption: Cecchini with the Mets in 2016
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