2-0 loss to the Marlins <\/a>on Sunday and was booed by the Citi Field crowd after his ninth-inning whiff.<\/p>\nSince his return July 7 from a lengthy stint on the injured list, no player with at least 50 plate appearances has been close to as unproductive as Polanco, who is 4-for-51 with a double, three walks and 18 strikeouts in his past 15 games.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s fair to assume, with as much time as he missed, he\u2019s still working back his timing and at the same time, getting to a base where he\u2019s comfortable and confident with his hitting,\u2019\u2019 interim manager Andy Green said. \u201cThe results have not materialized.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Mets are left with little more than hoping that getting him away from Citi Field will do the trick.<\/p>\n
Jorge Polanco reacts after striking out during the Mets-Marlins game on Aug. 2, 2026. IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m excited to get him on the road,\u2019\u2019 Green said. \u201cHonestly, just change the environment and maybe getting some early hitting in. We\u2019ll see if we can jump-start him on the next road trip. It\u2019s definitely been a tough stretch for him.\u201d<\/p>\n
Robert Stock will \u201cbe in the conversation\u201d for another start in the Mets rotation, Green said after the right-hander limited the Marlins to one run in five innings in his first major league start since 2021.<\/p>\n
Stock, 36, came back from thoracic outlet syndrome surgery during the spring and was emotional after his outing.<\/p>\n
Robert Stock throws a pitch during the Mets-Marlins game on Aug. 2, 2026. Robert Sabo<\/p>\n
\u201cIt felt great,\u2019\u2019 the right-hander said. \u201cTo think about where I was a couple months ago, when I couldn\u2019t lift my arm above my head, to be at Citi Field is as much of a dream come true as could be.\u201d<\/p>\n
Green managed Stock in the majors in San Diego earlier in their careers and called Stock\u2019s solid 70-pitch performance \u201creally impressive.\u201d<\/p>\n
MJ Melendez was designated for assignment to open a spot on the 40-man roster. The 27-year-old signed a one-year deal in the offseason and initially was expected to compete for an outfield spot.<\/p>\n
He\u2019s been supplanted by rookies Carson Benge and A.J. Ewing and had been with Triple-A Syracuse since late June.<\/p>\n
MJ Melendez was designated for assignment on Sunday. Corey Sipkin<\/p>\n
In two-plus months on the major league roster, the lefty-swinging Melendez put up a .665 OPS in 144 plate appearances. He hit four homers.<\/p>\n
The Mets needed to open two spots on the 40-man Sunday for right-hander Stock and righty Bryce Conley.<\/p>\n
Right-hander Kevin Herget was also designated for assignment and Jonathan Pintaro was optioned to Syracuse.<\/p>\n
The Mets claimed catcher Shawn Ross off waivers from the Pirates. The 26-year-old appeared in two games with Pittsburgh this season before being designated for assignment last week. He split most of the season between Double-A and Triple-A. Joey Gerver was designated for assignment to open a spot for Ross.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One Met who won\u2019t be gone by Monday\u2019s trade deadline is Jorge Polanco, who continues to look lost…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":312257,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[38995,20,9,11,320,10,319],"class_list":["post-312256","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-jorge-polanco","tag-mlb","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-mets","tag-new-york-news","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/312256","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=312256"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/312256\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/312257"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=312256"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=312256"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=312256"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}