Tricky Mets roster decision looms as Mark Vientos nears return
NY Post
PHILADELPHIA — The Mets could be facing another significant roster decision as soon as Monday.
Mark Vientos is nearing a return from the right hamstring strain that has cost him almost three weeks, and manager Carlos Mendoza indicated before Sunday that the third baseman could be activated for the start of a four-game series against the Braves at Citi Field.
Vientos played Sunday in a minor league rehab game for Triple-A Syracuse and went 1-for-5 as the starting third baseman.
Vientos is 2-for-17 (.118) over four games in his rehab assignment.
“We’ll see if he needs more at-bats because of the timing, but health is going to be the No. 1 question,” Mendoza said before the Mets fell 7-1 to the Phillies at Citizens Bank Park. “If he’s physically ready to go, then the next step, the next phase, will be OK.”
Vientos’ will return to an already crowded infield scene, leaving Ronny Mauricio, Brett Baty and Luisangel Acuña as candidates for a return to Syracuse.
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