Drew Smith’s pinky injury luckily for Mets is ‘nothing serious’

In the future later, reliever Drew Smith reiterated that he believes he ‘dodged a bullet” when he dislocated his pinky attempting to subject a J.T. Realmuto comebacker together with his naked hand within the seventh inning Sunday evening towards the Phillies.

“It might have been so much worse. So I’m grateful that it’s only a dislocation, not a break,” Smith stated, earlier than including that “as of proper now,” he doesn’t anticipate to be assigned to the injured listing. “Escaped with nothing too severe … so hopefully I don’t miss any time.

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“They’re gonna attempt to give me a day or two, however hopefully by [Tuesday] I ought to be good to go.”


Mets outfielder Travis Jankowski was again within the house clubhouse on Monday, insisting that he doesn’t plan to vary the way in which he performs after struggling a fractured finger whereas making a diving catch final week in San Francisco.

Jankowksi can have his solid eliminated Tuesday and get replaced by a detachable splint after having two screws inserted throughout surgical procedure to restore his left fourth metacarpal. The Mets have stated the Stony Brook College product is predicted to be sidelined for as much as six to eight weeks with the damage.

“It sucks, clearly there’s numerous frustration right here but it surely’s a type of issues … sitting on the sofa sort of pondering, ‘Was it definitely worth the dive, lacking probably eight weeks?’ ” Jankowski stated earlier than the sport towards the Nationals. “You come to the conclusion that I play onerous, it doesn't matter what. It doesn’t matter if it’s 9-3 or 10-2 or 4-4.“That’s a play I do know I could make and I’m gonna go make it. You don’t decide and select when you may play onerous, you simply exit and play the sport. Sadly unhealthy issues can occur and that’s what occurred. Hopefully it’s lower than eight weeks, and I’ll be on the market making some diving catches.”


The Mets uniforms featured a poppy patch in honor of Memorial Day, with greater than 100 members of the Military, Navy, Air Pressure, Marines and Coast Guard lining the warning monitor in the course of the nationwide anthem.

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