ST. LOUIS — Brandon Nimmo tied a Mets file with 9 RBIs in a recreation final week, after which he bought sick.
If there was a real resumption from the place he left off in Washington on Monday, it occurred Friday night time when he reached base 5 instances for the Mets.
Included had been three hits and a homer as he raised his OPS to .720.
As just lately as final Sunday, he was slumping and owned a .575 OPS.
“Just start small again,” Nimmo mentioned after his Friday outburst and earlier than the Mets’ recreation in opposition to the Cardinals was rained out. “Don’t try to recreate a nine-RBI day. Don’t try to recreate a grand slam or anything like that. Just try to get some base hits and work from there.”
Nimmo battled flu-like signs in the course of the Mets’ three-game collection in opposition to Arizona and went 0-for-5 over two video games, solely considered one of which he began.
He credited a 12-hour night time of sleep earlier than Friday’s recreation as serving to to get him proper.
“I’m trying to get back to healthy and being able to help out and play every day again and get that rhythm,” Nimmo mentioned. “It was unfortunate to have the fever hit when it hit, but you can’t control these things.”
Supervisor Carlos Mendoza is trying to discover work for Edwin Díaz, who hasn’t pitched in over every week.
The precise-hander’s final look was in Washington on April 26 when he pitched a scoreless ninth inning for his seventh save.
Mendoza declined to make use of Díaz in a save scenario a day later due to utilization considerations.
The Mets adopted with 5 straight video games wherein a save scenario didn’t emerge.
In two of these video games, in opposition to the Diamondbacks, the Mets trailed within the late innings.
“Those are the tricky ones,” Mendoza mentioned. “You try to stay away from him when you’re chasing, especially this early.”
Paul Blackburn threw 41 pitches over three innings in his Friday rehab look for Single-A Brooklyn.
Mendoza mentioned the purpose is to increase the right-hander to about 75 pitches earlier than he’s thought-about for a return to the membership.
Blackburn is rehabbing from proper knee irritation.
The Mets have allowed 16 homers, the fifth fewest in franchise historical past by means of 33 video games.
Over the past 31 seasons, solely the 1997 Braves (10), 1997 Marlins (14), 2015 Nationals (15) and 2012 Nationals (15) allowed fewer homers over the season’s first 33 video games.
