The Mets can’t afford to have another injury to an everyday player, so when Jeff McNeil seemingly hurt his hamstring and was pulled in Wednesday’s 7-1 win over the Diamondbacks, there was some worry.
Luckily for the Mets, it seems McNeil came out of the game relatively unscathed.
“Felt like a cramp in the left hamstring, but he’s fine,” Carlos Mendoza said. “I was going to be aggressive anyway with [Jose] Azocar there. Trainers took a look at him, he’s fine. Nothing to worry about.”
McNeil was pulled in the seventh inning when he stretched a double into a triple and appeared to slow down before sliding into third base. He could be seen grimacing as he rounded second and grabbed at his left hamstring before he gestured to his dugout.
Mendoza pinch-ran Azocar for McNeil while the Diamondbacks were making a pitching change.
McNeil has had a stop-and-go start to the 2025 season. He began the year on the IL with a right oblique strain he suffered in spring training being being activated in late April. Wednesday was McNeil’s 10th game this season and he’s hitting .229 with a home run and five RBI while playing second base and in the outfield.
It looks like McNeil will just need rest and with the off-day Thursday, McNeil could be ready for the start of the Mets’ weekend series against the Chicago Cubs at Citi Field.
New York is already dealing with a rash of injuries so McNeil coming out of the game relatively ok is great for the team. Left-handers Danny Young and A.J. Minter are undergoing season-ending surgeries while Jesse Winker was placed on the IL this week due to an oblique strain. Brandon Nimmo“dodged a bullet” after hyperextending his knee in Tuesday’s win and was in the lineup as the team’s DH on Wednesday.
Jeff McNeil appeared to hurt himself going from second to third base on his triple pic.twitter.com/sFVwjVU54X
— SNY (@SNYtv) May 7, 2025
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