<\/p>\nAdd Preferred Source<\/p>\n
<\/a><\/p>\n
Tyrone Taylor was set to start in center field Wednesday, with MJ Melendez in left and rookie Carson Benge in right. Left fielder Juan Soto, hampered by forearm discomfort in his left (throwing) arm, was the designated hitter for the seventh consecutive game since returning last week from a right calf strain.<\/p>\n
Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n
Robert, an All-Star in 2023, was limited to 210 games over the past two seasons with the White Sox due to hip and hamstring injuries.<\/p>\n
\u201cEvery time you send someone for an MRI, you’re always concerned. But given the history of Luis the past couple of years with injuries, and us trying to get to know the player, the personality, that’s what we’ve got right now,” Mendoza said.<\/p>\n
“But again, we’ve got to wait. We’re doing everything in our power to kind of keep him on the field, and hopefully this is just a minor thing that we’re dealing with for a couple of days and he’s back out there soon.\u201d<\/p>\n
Injuries are piling up for the disappointing Mets, who began the day 10-19 after beating the Nationals 8-0 in the series opener Tuesday for only their third victory in 18 games.<\/p>\n
Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n
Star shortstop Francisco Lindor strained his left calf last week \u2014 on the same night Soto returned \u2014 and will be sidelined for a while. Lindor is wearing a protective boot and won\u2019t be reexamined until mid-May.<\/p>\n
First baseman Jorge Polanco is on the 10-day injured list with a bruised right wrist \u2014 although he\u2019s also dealing with bursitis in his left heel, which has bothered him since very early in the season.<\/p>\n
Struggling right-hander Kodai Senga (0-4, 9.00 ERA) went on the 15-day injured list Tuesday, retroactive to Monday, with lumbar spine inflammation. He is out indefinitely.<\/p>\n
Left-handed reliever A.J. Minter remains on target to return in early May from left lat surgery that cut short his 2025 season. He threw a bullpen Tuesday at Citi Field and is scheduled to make his next minor league rehab appearances Friday and Sunday.<\/p>\n
Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n
\u201cWe’ll see where we’re at after that,\u201d Mendoza said. \u201cWe’re not going to rush him.\u201d<\/p>\n
In roster news, Tommy Pham elected free agency rather than accept an outright assignment to Triple-A Syracuse. The veteran outfielder was designated for assignment Monday.<\/p>\n
Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n
AP MLB: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/mlb<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"New York Mets’ Luis Robert Jr. hits a single during the ninth inning of a baseball game against…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":214845,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[53812,26622,6595,4054,30159,38995,20390,35579,48326,84802,56511,9,11,10,3529,3528,28388,28389,74882,74883,71599,35574],"class_list":["post-214965","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-a-j-minter","tag-carlos-mendoza","tag-carson-benge","tag-cuba","tag-francisco-lindor","tag-jorge-polanco","tag-juan-soto","tag-kodai-senga","tag-luis-robert","tag-mets-luis-robert-jr","tag-mj-melendez","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-package-100502-member-choice-sports-option","tag-product-30599-ap-sports-news-s-wire-only","tag-product-40802-ap-new-york-city-sports-only","tag-product-40803-ap-new-york-state-sports-only","tag-product-40818-ap-virginia-sports-only","tag-product-40819-ap-washington-dc-sports-only","tag-tommy-pham","tag-tyrone-taylor"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214965","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=214965"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/214965\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/214845"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=214965"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=214965"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=214965"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}