After exiting early on Friday and sitting out on Saturday, Mets celebrity Francisco Lindor was pulled within the second inning of at this time’s sequence finale in opposition to the Phillies. Again discomfort has been an issue for the NL MVP candidate all weekend, and because it seems, considerably longer. Lindor informed reporters, together with Tim Britton of The Athletic, that he has been enjoying by again ache for the previous two weeks. Ever since he additional irritated the harm on Friday, it has develop into too tough to disregard.
Lindor will go for an MRI tomorrow, after which the Mets may have a greater sense of the severity of his situation. For sure, they’ll be hoping it’s nothing severe and the star shortstop can get again on the sphere as quickly as attainable. The Mets are in a useless warmth with the Braves within the race to safe the third and closing NL Wild Card berth.
In additional harm information out of Queens, beginning pitcher Paul Blackburn is coping with a spinal fluid leak in his again (per Anthony DiComo of MLB.com). President of baseball operations David Stearns suggests the harm isn’t fairly as unhealthy as it would sound, however nonetheless, the workforce doesn’t know when Blackburn will have the ability to return. The correct-hander has not pitched since August 23. Fortunately for the Mets, their pitching workers, and notably their beginning rotation, has been a power as of late. Their starters rank third in MLB with a 2.32 ERA since Blackburn landed on the IL. In the meantime, Blackburn had a 5.18 ERA in 5 begins after becoming a member of the Mets on the commerce deadline.
Extra from across the Nationwide League:
- Dodgers supervisor Dave Roberts says he could be “shocked” if catcher Austin Barnes doesn’t wind up on the injured listing tomorrow, in accordance with Juan Toribio of MLB.com. The veteran backstop obtained hit by a foul ball on his left huge toe and was compelled to make an early exit from at this time’s recreation in opposition to the Braves. Barnes hung out on the IL with a fracture in the identical toe in August, and whereas Fabian Ardaya of The Athletic factors out that at this time’s contusion is in a “completely different spot,” it’s fairly attainable Barnes re-aggravated his previous harm. Ardaya notes that Hunter Feduccia – one in all 4 catchers on the Dodgers’ 40-man roster – is already on his option to be part of the massive league membership.
- Brewers reliever Joel Payamps felt discomfort in his forearm throughout his look at this time in opposition to the Diamondbacks, supervisor Pat Murphy informed reporters (together with Curt Hogg of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel). The correct-hander recorded one out within the backside of the seventh inning and didn’t return for the eighth. The Brewers haven’t but supplied any additional particulars about Payamps, who has been one of many workforce’s most trusted and reliable relievers over the previous two seasons. Throughout 130 video games with Milwaukee, he has a 2.90 ERA and a 3.45 SIERA in 124 innings pitched. He has not seemed fairly as sharp in 2024 as he did the yr earlier than. Nonetheless, his 3.38 ERA and three.73 SIERA are respectable numbers, whereas his six saves, 18 holds, and excessive common leverage index are proof that the Brewers proceed to depend on him in loads of vital spots.
