Banged-up Mets lose Guillorme (calf) to IL

BOSTON — Inside hours of limping off the sector within the sixth inning of Saturday’s 5-4 win over the Purple Sox, Mets infielder Luis Guillorme was carrying a strolling boot and utilizing crutches to navigate the cramped confines of Fenway Park’s visiting clubhouse. Annoyed by his state of affairs, Guillorme tossed the crutches down at his locker earlier than discussing his damage, which can value him not less than the remainder of July.

The Mets’ usually sure-handed infielder strained his proper calf throughout a weird play, when Rafael Devers hit a pointy grounder in his path. The ball short-hopped into Guillorme’s chest and skittered to his proper. As he chased after it, he felt a pull in his calf, which triggered him to fall to the grass. Solely after a beat did Guillorme rise to his toes and stroll off the sector beneath his personal energy, albeit with a major limp.

The Mets positioned Guillorme on the 10-day injured listing and known as up veteran infielder Danny Mendick to exchange him on the lively roster.

“I’m not completely satisfied about it,” mentioned Guillorme, who missed practically a month final season resulting from a strained left groin. “It’s what it’s, however I’m not completely satisfied about it.”

The damage comes simply as Guillorme was starting to tackle a extra important position for the Mets, with outfielder Starling Marte on the injured listing and Tommy Pham battling a extra minor groin damage. The absences of these two have prompted the Mets to make use of Jeff McNeil repeatedly within the outfield, with Guillorme filling in at second base. He had began two of the Mets’ final three video games and figured to proceed in that position not less than till Pham’s return.

As a substitute, different Mets will change into the beneficiary of that taking part in time. The group may have known as up No. 2 prospect Ronny Mauritiuswho continues to separate his protection reps at Triple-A Syracuse between second base, shortstop and left area. Offensively, Mauricio has produced an .852 OPS with 15 homers in 84 video games at Triple-A. However the group selected to offer Mauricio extra seasoning and as an alternative known as up Mendick, who went 0-for-7 in 4 video games with the massive membership earlier this season. Mendick held a .758 OPS at Syracuse, together with a .762 mark in July.

As for Guillorme, he anticipated to stay with the group this weekend earlier than present process testing early subsequent week in New York. An MRI will finally reveal the severity of his pressure, giving the Mets an thought of how a lot time he ought to count on to overlook.

“Proper now, it simply feels prefer it’s tight,” Guillorme mentioned. “We’ll see as soon as we get every part performed.”