Brandon Nimmo was held out of the Mets’ beginning lineup for the third straight day on Monday.
Nimmo (wrist sprain) has not performed in any capability since Friday, together with pinch hitting or late-inning defensive substitutions, however has been out there off the bench.
“Brandon is doing some work in the cage,” Buck Showalter mentioned earlier than their sequence opener with the Nationals at Citi Field. Nimmo was additionally on the sphere throughout warmups on Monday testing issues out.
Meanwhile, Jeff McNeil — who was stored out of Sunday’s beginning 9 due to “wear and tear” on his legs, in accordance with the Mets supervisor — was again within the lineup on Monday as a delegated hitter. He was the one Met to go hit-less, taking an 0-for-5 night time with a strikeout.
There hasn’t been way more readability on what McNeil’s coping with since he was pulled from the seventh inning of Saturday’s recreation, however with the Mets already nursing a snug lead within the division, the group has the luxurious of warning on their aspect.
“McNeil feels good,” Showalter assured. “He has, in the past, pushed through some things and paid the price with it. I think knowing the signs of something and deciding to back off of it, I think that’s what’s going on. He understands his body and his legs.”
After the sport, Showalter was capable of give a bit extra perception into the state of affairs.
“We checked everything out,” Showalter mentioned, “did some other imaging just to be sure and rule everything out. We got the full go.”
Showalter’s time in Major League Baseball has taught him many classes and wacky sayings — which Mets followers have adored this season — and given him expertise with complete spectrum of conditions. But when he’s not explaining issues by way of some foolish aphorism, Showalter may be very critical in regards to the recreation, particularly with regards to managing gamers’ workloads over an extended season.
“If he tells you [something is wrong] you need to react,” Showalter mentioned. “He just kind of said something to one of our trainers. I’ve learned through the years, if it’s important to players it better be important to you.”
AVOIDING IL
Drew Smith, a surprisingly necessary arm out of the Mets’ lately depleted bullpen, is okay.
The rubber-armed righty took a ball off his naked hand throughout Sunday’s recreation and needed to be taken out. There is not any break or fracture anyplace in his hand, and whereas he mentioned the coach popping his dislocated pinky again into place wasn’t very enjoyable, every part else is holding up properly.
“I think it’s just a pain tolerance thing now,” Smith supplied. “We’ll let the swelling go down a little bit. There’s some bruising. But other than that, we escaped without anything too serious.”
He was dominated day-to-day on Sunday and echoed the identical on Monday.
“As of right now, no” he mentioned when requested if he was headed for the injured listing. “They’re going to try to give me a day or two. But hopefully by [Tuesday] it should be good to go.”
JANK-OW!-SKI
The Mets can be with out Travis Jankowski (hand fracture), their finest pinch runner and defensive outfielder off the bench, for a bit bit whereas the he recovers from the surgical procedure he had final week to restore his hand. Jankowski held courtroom in entrance of his locker on Monday, talking in regards to the fracture within the fourth metacarpal of his mangled left hand.
“Pretty surprised, pretty frustrated,” Jankowski mentioned, then described the play in San Francisco that took him out. “Line drive, making a diving play, glove just kind of got stuck a little bit. I hyperextended my finger, didn’t think anything of it at the time. After the game it swelled up a little bit.”
The restoration time is one factor, however for a participant like Jankowski, who occupies a spot on the underside of the roster, there’s additionally the query of the place he matches on the group upon returning. His estimated time to return is about 5 weeks, so it’s inconceivable to know what the Mets will appear like at the moment or how properly his alternative could be enjoying, which means Jankowski’s standing on the 26-man roster can be up within the air.
“Two screws and five weeks, and I should be good to go,” Jankowski hoped. “Hopefully it’s back in the majors. We’ll have to see in three weeks how the bone’s healing and go from there.”
DIAZ’S USAGE
Edwin Diaz has accomplished many issues for the Mets this season.
The nearer has thrown 20.2 innings — most of any Mets’ reliever apart from Smith — and struck out 38 hitters. He’s notched 11 saves, together with one which sealed the group’s mixed no-hitter, and posted a 2.61 ERA. One factor he hasn’t accomplished but this season is file greater than three outs in an look.
“There’s about 20 reasons [for that],” Showalter mentioned. “You look into different stuff: rest, time of the year, where they’re at in the batting order, who else you have available, what their options are off the bench, is there inclement weather coming. There’s a lot of stuff going on.”
The final time Diaz went greater than an inning was Aug. 19, 2021, when he pitched the ninth and tenth innings of a win over the Giants.
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