LOS ANGELES — Mark Vientos suffered a hamstring damage Monday night time in opposition to the Los Angeles Dodgers, and it certain seems like he’s heading towards the injured checklist.
Vientos ran out of the field on a floor ball within the high of the tenth inning within the Mets’ 4-3 extra-inning win, collapsing nearly instantly. After a couple of seconds, he got here up clutching his proper hamstring, taking a second earlier than trying to place weight on it. Finally, he walked off totally on his personal, with some minimal assist by first base coach Antoan Richardson.
It was a hard-hit ball within the gap on the left facet, and had he been capable of run he might need been capable of beat the tag.
“It didn’t look good,” supervisor Carlos Mendoza stated of the play. “He’s going through all of the testing and we’ve got to wait.”
The Mets anticipate to have take a look at outcomes Tuesday. The PR workers declined to make him accessible, nonetheless, when leaving the ballpark he stated he felt “OK.” He walked out with a noticeable limp.
The struggling third baseman hasn’t gotten off to one of the best begin this season. He hit 27 house runs final 12 months, however has struggled to supply constantly up to now in 2025. Defensively, the Mets have been utilizing Brett Baty at third extra usually over the previous few weeks, utilizing Vientos to DH, or leaving him on the bench all collectively.
Vientos went 0-for-2 Monday, coming off the sport to pinch-hit for DH Jared Younger within the high of the eighth.
The damage prompted questions on Ronny Mauricio. Hours later, the workforce referred to as up the 24-year-old to the large leagues, per reviews.
The infielder has been raking within the minor leagues after lacking all of 2024 with a knee damage that took two surgical procedures to restore.
He has solely performed in 9 video games for Triple-A Syracuse and performed back-to-back video games 4 occasions. His third base expertise is restricted; Mauricio performed 5 video games at third base throughout his September call-up in 2023, and has performed the place 9 occasions within the minor leagues.
Final week, Mets president of baseball operations David Stearns stated he wish to proceed to construct up Mauricio’s workload in Triple-A. The membership has additionally had considerations about his plate self-discipline as properly.
“If he were 100 percent healthy and has had 200 plate appearances already this year, it’s a much easier decision,” Stearns stated. “I don’t have in my mind like, he’s got to get to this plate appearance threshold before he’s an option. Once we do feel like he’s at that spot, if we’re going to bring him here, he’s got to play.”
