Francisco Alvarez and Jeff McNeil each performed minor league rehab video games Sunday and are attributable to be at Citi Discipline on Monday to be reevaluated.
After that, they’re more likely to proceed to get minor league at-bats earlier than returning to the Mets, based on Carlos Mendoza.
Alvarez, sidelined since spring coaching with a fractured hamate bone in his left hand, is completed with the medically mandated portion of his rehab project and went 1-for-5 because the DH on Sunday with Double-A Binghamton.
Mendoza stated Alvarez may get some at-bats at Triple-A Syracuse to ensure his timing is true on the plate.
McNeil, out with an indirect harm, performed the second of back-to-back video games with Binghamton on Sunday and had 4 hits, together with a homer and a double.
The Mets have been with out each starters since they went down with accidents throughout spring coaching, however they’ve obtained stellar performances from Luis Torrens behind the plate and Luisangel Acuña has been good at second base.
Acuña had two hits in Sunday’s 7-4 win over the Cardinals, extending his hitting streak to eight video games.
“He’s like having one other leadoff man down there [in the lineup],’’ Francisco Lindor stated of Acuña, who batted sixth on Sunday and scored an insurance coverage run within the backside of the eighth.
Mark Vientos was unavailable for Sunday’s win after leaving Saturday’s victory with a groin harm, however the third baseman stated he was feeling higher and may be capable to come off the bench Monday for the collection opener in opposition to the Phillies.
He expects to get extra remedy Monday and check himself each with swings and at third previous to the sport.
With out Vientos on Sunday, Brett Baty began at third and was held hitless, though he reached base on a catcher’s interference within the fourth.
Lindor celebrated after reaching base on an infield hit within the seventh, a nubber simply in entrance of the plate with one out within the inning.
Requested in regards to the response, the switch-hitting shortstop famous it was his first hit from the best aspect of the plate this season.
He had entered the sport 0-for-13 in opposition to lefties.
“They were throwing a no-hitter against me from the right side,’’ Lindor joked. “Now I don’t have a zero on that side. They say hits come in bunches. We’ll see what happens. At least there’s one on the board.”
Earlier than Brandon Nimmo got here by means of with a key RBI hit Sunday, Mendoza stated he was assured the left fielder was going to interrupt out of his current droop.
“I thought at some point on the road trip, he was a little too aggressive and going out there and swinging at a lot of first pitches, which is intentional,” Mendoza stated. “We went into some of those games with a game plan of attacking the pitching staffs and we didn’t get results as a whole, Nimmo included. But I like where he’s at, especially the past couple of games …”
Mendoza stated Paul Blackburn got here out of his rehab outing with Class-A Brooklyn superb on Saturday. He’s on the 15-day IL with proper knee irritation.
