The Mets have officially placed outfielder Starling Marte on the 10-day IL with a right knee bone bruise, retroactive to June 23, but he'll be out for a longer period of time than that.

Speaking to reporters prior to Tuesday's Subway Series opener against the Yankees, manager Carlos Mendoza explained that Mets will likely be without Marte for about a month.

"Deep bone bruise. It’s going to be two weeks without any baseball activity," Mendoza said. "Limiting the impacts there. And then we’re going to have to do (additional) imaging again after two weeks, see where we’re at. So, we’re looking at at least four weeks here before he’s a player for us."

Outfielder Ben Gamel has been selected from Triple-A Syracuse to replace Marte on the active roster.

Marte, who is having a nice bounce-back season following a subpar 2023 campaign in which he never appeared to be fully healthy, left Saturday’s game against the Chicago Cubs with what the team called right knee soreness at the time.

The veteran then told reporters afterwards that he had been dealing with some lingering soreness over the past few weeks.

Through 66 games this season, Marte has slashed .278/.328/.416 with seven homers, 30 RBI, 38 runs scored and 12 stolen bases.

Gamel, 32, has plenty of big league experience. In 685 career major league games, he has 40 home runs, 200 RBI, and a .716 OPS.

A left-handed hitter and thrower, Gamel has enjoyed himself a nice year thus far for Syracuse, slashing .314/.423/.538 with seven homers and 24 RBI.

As for the long-term plan when it comes to replacing Marte, Mendoza said the club will continue to "mix and match" depending on matchups.

"We’ve got good players. They’ll step up," Mendoza said. "Obviously, we’ve got Tyrone [Taylor] in their playing right field today. [D.J.] Stewart’s been getting a lot of playing time. We just called up Ben Gamel. Jeff McNeil can go out there. Depending on the matchups, we’ll continue to mix and match here. We’ll get through it. Guys will step up. I know it’s a big loss for us, but I feel good with what we have in there."

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