Mets manager Carlos Mendoza said Friday that the expectation is Nunez's (forearm) stay on the 15-day injured list will be short, Tim Britton of The Athletic reports.
Nunez landed on the IL earlier Friday with a pronator strain in his right forearm, but Mendoza admitted being relieved that the reliever didn't have any ligament damage. The righty will be eligible to return Aug. 8 and it sounds like he might be back by that date or shortly after.
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Mets' Harrison Bader: Remains out Friday
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Bader (ankle) remains out of the lineup for Friday's game versus Atlanta, Anthony DiComo of MLB.com reports.
Bader hasn't played since rolling his ankle in Tuesday's win over the Yankees. He remains day-to-day for now, but a stint on the injured list will have to be considered if the problem lingers. Tyrone Taylor will patrol center field again Friday.
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Mets' Shintaro Fujinami: Designated for assignment
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The Mets activated Fujinami (shoulder) from the 60-day injured list and designated him for assignment.
It looks like Fujinami's tenure with the Mets will end before it began. The reliever was sent down to the minors after a rough spring training and missed more than a month of action with a shoulder strain. Fujinami has been on a rehab assignment and appears healthy now, but the Mets have elected to move on rather than add him to the active roster.
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Mets' Eric Orze: Rejoins big club
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The Mets recalled Orze from Triple-A Syracuse on Friday.
The 26-year-old was optioned to Syracuse during the All-Star break but will rejoin the Mets ahead of Friday's game versus Atlanta. Orze surrendered three earned runs without recording an out during his MLB debut July 8, though he's been effective at Triple-A this year with a 3.40 ERA, 1.21 WHIP and 59:22 K:BB over 42.1 innings.
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Mets' Dedniel Nunez: Lands on injured list
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The Mets placed Nunez on the 15-day injured list Friday, retroactive to June 24, with a pronator strain in his right forearm.
It's unclear when the right-hander actually sustained the injury, but he made his last appearance Tuesday against the Yankees and delivered a scoreless inning. Nunez will be eligible to be reinstated Aug. 8, though a longer absence wouldn't be surprising given the nature of the injury.
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Mets' Adrian Houser: Scrubbed from 40-man roster
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The Mets designated Houser for assignment Friday.
Houser looked like a reasonable addition to the back-end of the Mets' rotation when they traded for him over the offseason. It didn't work out, with the 31-year-old holding an 8.55 ERA and 20:21 K:BB over 33.2 innings in seven starts. He did post a 3.28 ERA as a mop-up reliever but had allowed nine runs over nine innings this month. Houser will almost certainly clear waivers given his $5.05 million salary and should eventually become a free agent.
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Mets' Kodai Senga: Activated ahead of season debut
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The Mets activated Senga (shoulder/triceps) from the 60-day injured list Friday.
Senga is set to make his season debut for the Mets on Friday against Atlanta after being sidelined with right shoulder and triceps problems. The plan is for the right-hander to throw around 85 pitches or five innings Friday after he threw 79 pitches in his final rehab start.
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Mets' Phil Maton: Nabs extra-inning win
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Maton (2-2) picked up the win Thursday in a 3-2 extra-inning victory over Atlanta, throwing a scoreless 10th inning without a walk or a strikeout.
The right-hander got a bit lucky in the top of the 10th -- Ramon Laureano began the frame as the phantom runner and advanced to third on a sacrifice bunt, but when Atlanta tried to bring him home with a suicide squeeze, Jarred Kelenic couldn't get his bat on a Maton pitch that was nowhere near the strike zone and Laureano got caught in a rundown. Maton has been a solid addition to the Mets' bullpen so far, posting a 1.50 ERA, 0.50 WHIP and 7:1 K:BB through six innings with three holds in seven appearances, plus Thursday's win.
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Mets' Francisco Lindor: Another long ball in win
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Lindor went 1-for-4 with a two-run home run in Thursday's extra-inning win over Atlanta.
Lindor jumped on the first pitch he saw from Chris Sale in his second at-bat and crushed it into the stands in center field for a two-run shot, giving the Mets a 2-1 lead. It marked the shortstop's fifth homer in his last four games and his ninth homer in July. He's also hit safely in 10 straight contests, batting .385 (14-for-39) over that stretch with seven extra-base hits, 14 RBI and seven runs scored.
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Mets' Luis Severino: Solid in no-decision
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Severino did not factor into the decision in an extra-inning win over Atlanta on Thursday, allowing two runs on seven hits and two walks over five innings. He struck out six.
Severino allowed multiple baserunners in four of the six innings in which he appeared, and while he managed to limit the damage, the right-hander was unable to make it through six innings for the first time in nine starts. Severino has held opponents to two or fewer runs in each of his last three outings, though he's also walked multiple batters in four straight.
Megill will be recalled from Triple-A Syracuse to start Saturday against Atlanta, Anthony DiComo of MLB.com reports.
An injury to Christian Scott (elbow) opened up a spot in the Mets' six-man rotation, and rather than returning to a traditional five-man setup, the team will call upon Megill to fill the gap. The 28-year-old righty owns a 5.08 ERA and 1.44 WHIP through 39 innings in the majors this season, though he was able to get through five frames while only giving up one unearned run and two hits during his latest Triple-A outing.
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Mets' Starling Marte: Hopes to resume running this week
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Marte (knee) is hoping to begin a running progression this week, Anthony DiComo of MLB.com reports.
Marte resumed baseball activities last week and is looking to continue to ramp up his rehab program. He has been shelved since late June with a right knee bone bruise and will require a rehab assignment before being activated, so the veteran outfielder would still appear to be several weeks away from a return.
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Mets' Brandon Nimmo: Sitting against left-hander
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Nimmo is not in the lineup for Thursday's game versus Atlanta.
Southpaw Chris Sale will be on the hill for Atlanta, so Nimmo's night will begin on the bench. Jeff McNeil is getting the start in left field and Jose Iglesias will move up to the No. 2 slot in the Mets' batting order.
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Mets' Harrison Bader: Not in Thursday's lineup
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Bader (ankle) remains out of the lineup for Thursday's game against Atlanta.
Bader rolled his ankle in Tuesday's game against the Yankees and will now miss a second straight start. Tyrone Taylor will receive another start in center field while Bader rests.
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Mets' Eric Orze: Sent back to Triple-A
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The Mets optioned Orze to Triple-A Syracuse on July 15.
Orze was called up from Syracuse on July 12 but didn't make any appearances out of the bullpen during the Mets' final series before the All-Star break prior to getting sent back to Triple-A. The 26-year-old right-hander owns a 3.40 ERA, 1.20 WHIP and 59:22 K:BB across 42.1 innings with Syracuse on the season.
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Mets' Drew Gilbert: Makes return from IL
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Triple-A Syracuse reinstated Gilbert (hamstring) from its 7-day injured list Tuesday.
Before sitting out Wednesday's game, Gilbert returned to the Syracuse lineup in Tuesday's 7-6 extra-inning loss to Buffalo, starting in left field while going 1-for-5 at the plate. Gilbert was back in action with Syracuse for the first time since April 6 after missing more than three months while recovering from a left hamstring strain. He made six rehab appearances in the rookie-level Florida Complex League and with Single-A St. Lucie prior to being activated.
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Mets' Tylor Megill: Likely to rejoin rotation
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Megill is likely to receive a call-up from Triple-A Syracuse to replace the injured Christian Scott (elbow) in the Mets rotation Saturday versus Atlanta at Citi Field, Andy Martino reported Wednesday on SportsNet New York's "Baseball Night in New York" program.
Martino relays that the Mets envision using Megill as a high-leverage reliever late in the season, but since he's remained stretched out as a starter after being optioned to Syracuse in late June, the right-hander will be plugged back into the big club's six-man rotation. In his prior eight starts with the Mets this season, Megill turned in a 5.08 ERA and 1.44 WHIP over 39 innings, but his underlying numbers (4.29 SIERA, 17.1 K-BB%) suggested that he pitched slightly better than his ERA would indicate.
