Nimmo, Canha on IL after Mets coach tests positive
NEW YORK (AP) — Mets outfielders Brandon Nimmo and Mark Canha had been positioned on the injured record Friday after a New York coach examined optimistic for COVID-19.
Neither participant was with the group for its residence opener at Citi Area in opposition to the Arizona Diamondbacks.
Mets supervisor Buck Showalter, with out figuring out the coach, confirmed {that a} member of his workers examined optimistic for the coronavirus and was absent Friday.
The group didn’t say whether or not Nimmo and Canha examined optimistic. Showalter wouldn’t say whether or not both participant is vaccinated in opposition to COVID-19, however did acknowledge the foundations for returning to the roster below baseball’s new labor settlement are completely different for gamers who’re vaccinated versus those that aren’t.
“I examined adverse,” Showalter mentioned. “However we don’t want me.”
Versatile second baseman Jeff McNeil moved to left discipline in Canha’s place, and Travis Jankowski began for Nimmo in middle. Robinson Canó performed second base.
Canha missed out on his first residence opener with the Mets after signing a $26.5 million, two-year contract as a free agent in November. He batted .381 (8 for 21) with 4 walks on New York’s 5-2 highway journey to start the season.
Nimmo, who had homered in consecutive video games, could have missed his closing residence opener with the Mets — he can grow to be a free agent subsequent offseason. The sharp-eyed leadoff hitter was 8 for twenty-four (.333) with six runs and 4 walks on the highway journey to Washington and Philadelphia.
“It’s a part of life within the 2020s, not to mention baseball,” Showalter mentioned. “All of us form of rely upon one another to do the appropriate factor.”
To exchange them on the lively roster, the Mets recalled outfielder Nick Plummer from Triple-A Syracuse and chosen infielder Matt Reynolds from Syracuse.
“That’s why you put together for this stuff,” Showalter mentioned. “Bought a pair different folks standing by in case we want it.”
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