The Mets have one other potential damage to watch.
Brett Baty left Sunday afternoon’s 9-0 loss to the Tampa Bay Rays with proper groin tightness and is taken into account day-to-day, supervisor Carlos Mendoza mentioned.
The Mets changed Baty within the seventh inning with pinch-hitter Ronny Mauricio.
“We’re not doing any X-rays or [an] MRI as of right now,” Mendoza mentioned. “Off day [on Monday]. We’ll see where we’re at Tuesday, but that’s what I’ve got right now.”
The tightness cropped up when the third baseman ranged to his proper for a foul ball.
“I want to see how it feels tomorrow,” Baty mentioned. “I think what we’re gonna do is just take it day by day, because something like this has happened in the past, and I responded well to treatment.”
Baty mentioned the earlier occasion occurred two years in the past on a stolen-base try.
“It was actually on my other side, but it was a similar motion, like stepping over and pushing off,” Baty mentioned.
Baty’s early exit got here a number of hours after Mendoza mentioned fellow third baseman Mark Vientos was set to start a rehab task with Triple-A Syracuse on Tuesday.
The 25-year-old Baty has made 27 appearances at third base and 22 at second base this season.
Baty went 0-for-2 earlier than leaving Sunday’s recreation at Citi Area. He’s now hitting .219 with eight dwelling runs, 24 RBI and an .686 OPS in 160 at-bats.
