#Mets ‘optimistic’ Javier Baez injury not as serious as feared
“#Mets ‘optimistic’ Javier Baez injury not as serious as feared”
PHILADELPHIA — Javier Baez’s departure from Sunday’s game was hardly a positive development for a Mets team that already has one former All-Star shortstop on the injured list.
But there was at least a measure of optimism from manager Luis Rojas following the Mets’ 3-0 loss to the Phillies that Baez’s left hip tightness isn’t serious.
Baez was in visible discomfort in the fifth inning on a swing in which he hit a grounder to the infield. Already, the Mets have Francisco Lindor on the IL with a strained right oblique.
“At this point [the concern] is not as high as it was when it happened in-game,” Rojas said. “When I saw [Baez] not moving out of the box, for me it was concerning. I thought it was an oblique, it looked to me similar as it looked with Lindor in Pittsburgh. … Right now, it’s left hip tightness, and we’re more optimistic about what it was, what took him out of the game.”
Baez will receive treatment during Monday’s day off and be evaluated before the Mets play the Nationals a day later. Jonathan Villar shifted from third base to shortstop for the final three innings. The Mets lost another shortstop option, Luis Guillorme, to the IL with a strained hamstring earlier in the week.
Jose Martinez began a rehab assignment for Single-A St. Lucie, going 0-for-2 as the right fielder. Martinez, a first baseman and outfielder, has been on the injured list since spring training, when he underwent knee surgery for a torn meniscus.
The Mets view Martinez as a right-handed bat who could help in the lineup or off the bench.
“It will be nice to have that bat soon, especially against lefties,” Rojas said. “We have struggled against lefties. We want to improve that. To have that right-handed bat to hit well against lefties like he has historically it will be nice.”
Trevor May struck out the side in the eighth inning for a second straight dominant performance. The right-hander earned the save in the Mets’ lone victory of the road trip, on Wednesday in Miami.
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