Tyrone Taylor has performed the previous two weeks with what teammate Brandon Nimmo described Thursday as a “crater” in his proper hand.
The lower, which Taylor mentioned occurred sliding right into a base, was on the verge of healed, he mentioned, till the sixth inning Thursday.
Taylor will take the trade-off.
It meant a highlight-reel seize on Luis García Jr.’s shot to right-center that loomed even bigger after the Nationals scored three runs within the ninth inning within the Mets’ 4-3 victory at Citi Area.
“I knew the wind was blowing from right to left, so I thought I had a good chance at it for sure,” mentioned Taylor, who prolonged absolutely airborne and stomach flopped on the warning observe for the catch.
It was simply the newest excellent defensive play the Mets have acquired from Taylor, a backup who has acquired the vast majority of begins in middle discipline this season with Jose Siri on the injured listing.
Taylor’s catch on García’s shot was for the third out and left a runner stranded at first base.
“As soon as the ball was hit, and looking at Taylor and [Juan] Soto and how far both of them were, I thought it was at least a double,” supervisor Carlos Mendoza mentioned. “And then as [Taylor] keeps closing the gap, and for him to make that spectacular play, diving like that, it’s not the first time we have seen that. It goes to show you, he’s elite out there.”
Taylor wasn’t about to name this newest catch his favourite play of the season.
“I love them all, man,” he mentioned. “Anything I am doing to help the team win, it fires me up and I know it fires the guys up, too.”
Mendoza wouldn’t instantly decide to Paul Blackburn taking Kodai Senga’s subsequent flip within the rotation.
However the supervisor dismissed the concept Frankie Montas’ timeline can be affected by Senga’s strained proper hamstring that can land him on the injured listing.
Montas has a minimum of one rehab begin remaining for Triple-A Syracuse, however the crew might give him one other if he isn’t deemed prepared. Montas is rehabbing a lat pressure.
“We’re not going to rush [Montas] because of what happened today,” Mendoza mentioned of the Senga state of affairs.
The Mets have a break day Monday, giving Mendoza the choice of pushing again the spot within the rotation that was occupied by Senga till subsequent Friday in Philadelphia.
Soto reached base twice and stole second base.
Over his previous 13 video games he has produced a .386/.542/.818 slash line with 5 homers and 10 RBIs.
Soto is 8-for-8 on stolen base makes an attempt this season.
