Ahead of Game 2 of today’s day/night doubleheader, the Mets activated Francisco Lindor from the Injured List. In a corresponding move, Zack Short was designated for assignment. Ronny Mauricio was also activated from the Injured List, and was assigned to Triple-A Syracuse.
Tonight will mark Lindor’s first game since April 22, when he strained his calf, and subsequently spent the next two months on the shelf. He started his rehab assignment on Friday in Binghamton, where he went 1-4 with a strikeout
and a run scored. In two subsequent games in Syracuse, he went 3-12 with a stolen base and three runs scored.
The Mets are currently 11 games under .500, and so the injection of a perennial superstar into the lineup, especially as their other superstar recently went down, cannot be better if there is any chance at this team producing meaningful games in July, let alone September.
Short, on his second stint as a Met after a cup of coffee in 2024 where he appeared in ten games, appeared in just three games this go ’round, collecting one hit in nine plate appearances, while also tossing an inning of scoreless relief against the Phillies over the weekend.
Mauricio, who injured his thumb on May 2, had been filling in for Lindor on the big league roster, and so will return to Syracuse where he hopes to get regular playing time.
