Mets Lose Lindor, Gain Mauricio

0:00On April 23rd, the New York Metz just hit another rough patch, placing star shortstop Francisco Lendor on the 10-day injured list with a left calf. Strain. It happened Wednesday night against the Minnesota Twins while he was running the bases in the 4th inning. Lendor went 2 for 2 with an RBI and a run before Brett Beatty stepped in for him. This feels like Deja Vu, coming right after Juan Soto's similar right calf strain back on April 3rd. Soto missed 15 games and just returned, Wednesday, but the Metz dropped 12 straight during that stretch. They're worse kids since 2000, too. Fans are feeling the pain as the team finally gets healthy, only to lose their captain for at least a couple weeks. Calf strains like this usually sideline guys that long, messing with the lineup just when they were turning things around. To fill the gap, they called off infielder Ronnie Mauricio from AAA Syracuse. The kids crushing it down there with a 0.987 OPS, including a 3-homer game lately, plus 5 steals in 15 games.

1:00They might slide him at short or shuffle things with Beatty and others. Meanwhile, pitching Wolves continue so they were called right-hander Christian Scott for his first start of the year against the Twins. The 26-year-old is back from Tommy John's surgery, optioning Austin Warren down to make room, and bumping Cody Senga to Saturday versus the Rockies. Fans are shuffling to steady the ship. From around the lead, powered by AI, this is MLB News Today.