Jose Butto tossed a scoreless inning on Tuesday morning in Port St. Lucie with the FCL Mets.
The right-hander struck out the first batter he faced before giving up a line drive single to right, but he quickly ended the inning just a few pitches later with a routine double play ball.
Butto needed just 12 pitches (eight strikes) to get through the easy inning of work.
Carlos Mendoza said Sunday in Kansas City that the team will see how he feels after this outing before deciding whether or not he’ll be activated for Friday’s second-half opener against the Reds.
The reliever has been on the injured list for about two weeks due to an illness.
Getting him back into the mix would be a huge boost for a Mets bullpen that’s struggled a bit as they’ve worked through a handful of injuries over the past few weeks.
Butto was a relatively steady multi-inning arm for that group during the first-half this year — pitching to a 2.47 ERA and 1.26 WHIP across 31 appearances.
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