Metayer, others are set to bolt Colorado
Top tight end puts his name into the transfer portal
Following practice on Tuesday, Colorado tight ends coach Bret Bartolone was asked if he expected any turnover in his room with the transfer portal opening up that morning.
“You never know,” Bartolone said. “I don’t anticipate any but if that were the case, then it’s next man up and we’re always looking to upgrade the roster and elevate the tight end room for the University of Colorado.”
A day later, the top tight end in Bartolone’s room decided to move on.
Chamon Metayer, who transferred to CU in January
from Cincinnati, put his name into the transfer portal on Wednesday. He was expected to be the leader of a revamped tight end room for the Buffaloes.
Also on Wednesday, outside linebacker Khairi Manns and safety Vito Tisdale added their names to the transfer portal after each spent one season in Boulder.
The 15-day spring transfer portal window for undergraduates opened Tuesday and runs through April 30. CU has had 13 players officially enter the portal since Tuesday, none more surprising than Metayer.
Metayer had just 10 practices with the Buffs, including Tuesday. After that practice, he was interviewed by CU’S Mark Johnson for the program’s social media channels. That interview has since been deleted.
Bartolone said of Metayer on Tuesday: “Right now with
Chamon, every day what we talk about is just developing consistency. Some days are better than others. Right now, every facet of his game is great. He’s just got to be more consistent catching the ball down the field and making contested catches and that’s overall as a group right now. But he shows up, he works. We need to develop more consistency right now.”
The 6-foot-5, 245-pound Metayer, who has two seasons of eligibility remaining, caught 23 passes at Cincinnati last year. His departure leaves CU with just three scholarship tight ends, including Louis Passarello, who is still recovering from a knee injury that sidelined him for all of 2022. Converted defenders Morgan Pearson and Sav’ell Smalls are also in the mix.
Manns, who has one season of eligibility remaining, played in 11 games last season, including a start in the season opener at TCU. He finished the season with nine tackles and one sack.
The 6-foot-3, 230-pound Manns spent four seasons at Maine before transferring to CU last year. He had 108 tackles and 8.5 sacks during his time with the Black Bears.
Tisdale appeared in three games last season and played just three defensive snaps. He did not record any statistics.
A 6-foot-1, 195-pound junior with two years of eligibility remaining, Tisdale transferred to CU from Kentucky last year. He was with the Wildcats for three seasons and was dismissed from the team in March of 2023. Tisdale recorded 41 tackles in 19 games with the Wildcats and missed the entire 2022 campaign with an injury.
METS 9, PIRATES 1
Starling Marte hit his 150th career homer Wednesday, powering New York to a win over Pittsburgh and a sweep of a three-game series.
Marte, who spent the first eight seasons of his career with the Pirates, hit the milestone two-run homer off the railing beyond the left-center field fence to give the Mets a 2-1 lead in the third inning.
Tyrone Taylor hit a two-run single in the sixth and Harrison Bader homered on the next pitch for the Mets, who are 10-3 since an 0-5 start. Brandon Nimmo’s tworun single capped a three-run eighth.
The sweep was the first for the Mets at Citi Field since they won three straight from the Philadelphia Phillies from May 30-June 1, 2023.
GIANTS 3, MARLINS 1
Rookie Keaton Winn threw six solid innings of one-run ball and San Francisco beat the Marlins to win their first series in Miami since 2016.
Winn (1-3) scattered four hits and struck out four. Thairo Estrada had two hits and scored the go-ahead run in the seventh, when he raced home on a doubleplay grounder hit by Nick Ahmed against reliever Declan Cronin (0-2).
BREWERS 1, PADRES 0
Blake Perkins hit a single in the eighth inning to crack a scoreless game and lead Milwaukee to a win over San Diego.
The hit spoiled a stellar start by Padres right-hander Michael King (2-1), who pitched a no-hitter through 62/3 innings.
King didn’t allow a runner past first base until the eighth inning, when Brice Turang stole second after hitting a single.
ORIOLES 4, TWINS 2
Cedric Mullins hit a two-run homer in the bottom of the ninth inning to give Baltimore a victory over Minnesota and a three-game sweep of the Twins.
RANGERS 5, TIGERS 4
Josh Smith’s pinch-hit double in the top of the ninth drove home the winning run and Texas beat error-prone Detroit.
With one out, Ezequiel Duran singled, went to second on an error first baseman Spencer Torkelson and scored on Smith’s clutch hit to right-center field. Kirby Yates (2-0) got the final four outs, striking out the side in the ninth, to get the win. Detroit’s Shelby Miller (3-1) took the loss as the Tigers committed three errors, leading to two unearned runs.
ROYALS 4, WHITESOX 2, GAME ONE
Salvador Perez hit a two-run homer in the eighth to put the Royals ahead, and Kansas City beat struggling Chicago in the first game of a doubleheader.
WHITE SOX 2, ROYALS 1, GAME TWO
Gavin Sheets homered, Erick Fedde pitched scoreless ball into the sixth inning and Chicago edged Kansas City in the second game for a doubleheader split that ended a six-game slide.
BRAVES 5, ASTROS 4, 10 INNINGS
Marcell Ozuna hit his major league-leading eighth homer and Orlando Arcia’s RBI single in the 10th inning lifted Atlanta to a win over Houston.
NATIONALS 2, DODGERS 0
CJ Abrams homered in the first at-bat of the game and Washington beat Los Angeles to take the series.
YANKEES 6, BLUE JAYS 4
Aaron Judge broke a 4-all tie with a two-run single in the ninth inning, Juan Soto and Giancarlo Stanton hit solo home runs and New York rallied to beat Toronto, avoiding their first sweep of the season.
ATHLETICS 6, CARDINALS 3
Esteury Ruiz homered for the second time in three games since being recalled from Triple-a, and Oakland beat St. Louis to avoid a three-game sweep.
CUBS 5, DIAMONDBACKS 3
Cody Bellinger hit a go-ahead solo homer in the sixth inning, Mike Tauchman added an RBI double and Chicago beat Arizona.
MARINERS 5, REDS 1
Bryce Miller and three relievers combined on a one-hitter, Cal Raleigh, Mitch Garver and Josh Rojas all hit solo home runs, and Seattle beat the Cincinnati to complete a three-game sweep.
RED SOX 2, GUARDIANS 0
Tanner Houck pitched a three-hitter with nine strikeouts for Boston’s first complete-game shutout at Fenway Park in nearly seven years, and the Red Sox beat Cleveland.
ANGELS 5, RAYS 4
Anthony Rendon and Taylor Ward hit run-scoring singles off struggling closer Pete Fairbanks in the ninth inning and Los Angeles beat Tampa Bay.