Mets president of baseball operations David Stearns spoke with reporters on Wednesday following the end of what was a more than memorable 2024 season.
One of the many topics that Stearns touched on was the health of some of the club’s key players who were a bit banged up at the end of the season.
Francisco Lindor and Brandon Nimmo
While the Mets were making their improbable run to the NLCS, Lindor and Nimmo, perhaps the two most important position players on the team, were each dealing with an injury. Nimmo’s plantar fasciitis had him a bit hobbled in the batter’s box and the outfield, while Lindor’s back plagued him throughout the postseason.
But Stearns said that both players have already been through the worst, and both should be fine heading into 2025.
“With both of those guys, they kind of both battled through the worst of it while they were playing and ended the season in a pretty good spot,” Stearns said. “Brandon was moving pretty well the last couple of games. Francisco said he felt mostly normal by the last game, so both of those guys are in good shape heading into the offseason.
Kodai Senga
Senga made just one start during the regular season following a capsule strain in his shoulder in spring training, and then a calf strain and a triceps issue later in the season. But he threw 5.0 innings during the postseason, and Stearns said the right-hander is hopefully headed for a normal offseason.
“This is a normal offseason, and that was important for us to get to for him,” Stearns said. “This is a normal offseason. Very strange year for Senga, lots of stops and starts, but having a new offseason is important and then getting him to a place where we’re going to have a normal spring training is also important.”
Dedniel Núñez
Núñez, who evolved into one of the Mets’ most valuable relievers, was lost for the remainder of the season due to a strained flexor tendon in his right arm in mid-September.
The 28-year-old hasn’t progressed to throwing off a mound just yet, but he could in the next month or so in the hopes of being completely healthy heading into spring training.
“He’s progressing well from his PRP. So far all of the results are going well,” Stearns said. “I think we’re looking at getting him off a mound at some point in November, would be my best guess. If that goes well, he moves into a pretty normal offseason.”
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