Injured Mets outfielder Brandon Nimmo could rejoin the club “by the end of the week,” Mike Puma of the New York Post relays. In the meantime, he’ll try to play consecutive full rehab games at Triple-A Syracuse.
Nimmo entered the year as an integral piece for the Mets, but he has since underperformed while dealing with a bulging disc in his neck. The 26-year-old only batted .200/.344/.323 (87 wRC+) with three home runs in 161 plate appearances before going on the injured list on May 22. Just last season, Nimmo slashed .263/.404/.483 (149 wRC+) and swatted 17 HRs in 535 PA to serve as one of the majors’ premier hitters and seemingly establish himself as one of New York’s top players.
To the Mets’ credit, they’ve certainly survived without Nimmo. The team has overcome no shortage of adversity in recent weeks to climb back into the National League wild-card race. Although the Mets are coming off a three-game sweep at the hands of the division-rival Braves, they’re still 67-63 and within a manageable two games of the NL’s second wild-card spot. The Mets are in this position thanks in part to outfielders J.D. Davis, Michael Conforto, Jeff McNeil and Dominic Smith. But McNeil’s also needed in the infield, while the injured Smith hasn’t played in a month, which could make Nimmo an important reinforcement for the Mets as they try to break a two-year playoff drought.
Finding Nimmo at the right time…
The right time for what?
A possible playoff run?
They’ve been a nice story, but the clock has struck midnight.
It ain’t over til it’s over.lets play the rest of the season and see where the chips fall
Finally
The minor league regular season is going to end in a week or so, but I’m concerned Nimmo will return too soon when not quite baseball ready.
Hopefully they check his trapezoids before they clear him. Might be contagious.
Nimmo had a terrible second half to his season last year, which carried right into this season. The league adjusted to him and pitched to his weaknesses. He struggles with breaking pitches, fastballs up, takes too many first pitch strikes and guess too often when he has two strikes. I do hope he makes the next few adjustments, because he’s got talent, a great attitude and the Mets need him.
“…he’ll try to play consecutive full rehab games…”. That hardly sounds as though he’s healthy or ready to contribute.