Prior to Sunday’s afternoon affair with the Toronto Blue Jays, Mets manager Carlos Mendoza provided a few updates on players making their way back from injury, including relieverDedniel Núñez.
Núñez,who was optioned to Triple-A at the end of spring training in order to properly ramp him back up following a pronator strain in his right forearm suffered last August, is scheduled to pitch for Syracuse on Sunday.
Núñez threw 2.0 dominant innings on Thursday night against Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, allowing just one hit while throwing 29 pitches.
And while the results have been there for Núñez, that’s not exactly what Mendoza and the Mets are hoping to see.
“Continue to take the baseball. We’re not looking at results right now,” Mendoza explained. “I think it’s just more building him up. I think it’s twice now that he’s gone multiple innings, and that’s what we want to see, his ability to recovery.
“I think it’s just the recovery. Are you going to be able to take the baseball two days after you throw two innings? Are you going to be able to bounce back, you throw one inning, and not necessarily back-to-back, but what about two out of three? That’s what we’re preparing him for.”
RHP Frankie Montas
Montas threw from up to 75 feet on Saturday, with Mendoza referring to it as “light tossing.”
“Still early in his throwing progression, but he’s throwing,” the manager said.
C Luis Torrens
Torrens is once again out of the starting lineup due to a forearm contusion, but Mendoza said the veteran is available off the bench behind Hayden Senger.
“Hopefully just a couple of days,” Mendoza said, noting that Torrens is still sore.
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