Mets manager Carlos Mendoza provided a trio of injury updates ahead of Wednesday night's game against the Oakland Athletics...
Sean Reid-Foley
The next step in the reliever’s rehab process is up in the air, Mendoza said.
Reid-Foley, who has been on the IL since June 20 with a right shoulder impingement, made a rehab appearance for Triple-A Syracuse on Tuesday but didn’t like the results.
“It’s one of those where he’s not sure if it’s mechanics or what, but the balls not coming out the way he wants to or the way he would like to,” Mendoza said. “So we gotta figure out what we’re dealing here with. It’s a little frustrating with that.”
The right-hander allowed two runs on two hits with a walk and a strikeout in 1.1 innings for Syracuse. The runs came in the second inning he worked on a two-run homer by the Nationals’ top prospect Dylan Crews, who launched a slider 428 feet, 106.7 mph off the bat.
Mendoza said the next step is getting together with the Mets’ trainers and figuring out their next steps. But in the meantime, he doesn’t think we will see the 28-year-old in a game for the next few days.
When asked if Reid-Foley could be headed for an MRI, the skipper said he didn’t know, but added that “physically he feels fine.”
“He’s not sure whether it’s the mechanics or what’s going on here, but he’s not feeling like the ball is coming out,” Mendoza said. “The velo was 92, 93 [mph] yesterday. So we need to figure that out.”
Reid-Foley averaged 93.6 mph on 13 fastballs, down 1.3 from his season average. And on five sliders, his average velocity was down 1.8 mph from his season average.
The manager said he would probably have more information after Wednesday’s game and didn’t know if this would be classified as a “formal shutdown of his rehab clock” as opposed to a pause.
Dedniel Nunez
On the positive side of things, Nunez threw a bullpen session on Tuesday and said he came out of it feeling good.
“He was really good,” Mendoza said of the bullpen. “Think he was up to 94 [mph], for a bullpen first time out that’s pretty good. The movement on the pitches.
“And then today he was feeling good. So, we’ll see what we got next here, but we’re getting close.”
Nunez could be headed for another bullpen but could be throwing another live BP on Friday.
J.D. Martinez
The Mets designated hitter was in Mendoza's lineup for Wednesday's game after he was forced out of Tuesday night's game in the bottom of the third when he was hit by a 99 mph Joe Boyle fastball.
“I didn’t think he was gonna be in the lineup today,” Mendoza said with a chuckle. “Texting with him this morning, he’s like ‘I’m feeling good, I’m ready to go.’ So he’s in there.”
New York classified the injury as a left elbow contusion and X-rays were negative.
