Mets right-hander Frankie Montas made his fourth rehab outing on Sunday, starting for Triple-A Syracuse, but the results, once again, weren’t quite there.
Facing the Buffalo Bisons, Montas allowed three earned runs on four hits over 3.2 innings, walking three and striking out two while allowing a pair of home runs.
While those numbers aren’t great, what’s more important to the Mets is that Montas continues to feel healthy and build up his pitch count, as he threw 76 pitches on Sunday (43 strikes).
On Saturday, Mets skipper Carlos Mendoza said the goal was for Montas to throw 80-85 pitches on Sunday, and while the right-hander came up a tad short in that department, he did have a significant increase in his workload after throwing 61 pitches in his previous outing.
Montas has now made four rehab starts while working his way back from a lat strain suffered at the start of spring training. He’s pitched a total of 12.0 innings, allowing 12 earned runs.
Mendoza said the team would wait to see how Montas felt coming out of Sunday’s game before determining the next steps, though the manager didn’t believe this would be his final rehab outing.
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