Minneapolis – Referee Hunter Wendelsted was “in a good mood” and underwent additional tests in a local hospital on Wednesday, according to a MLB spokesman, after he was beaten with a handling line from the side of the head.
Wendelstedt was arbitrated from the first base when the bad shot of Tyrone Taylor in the sixth entry stopped him.
“I saw it as if I were seeing it in slow motion,” Taylor said after the 4-3 defeat of the Mets against the twins in Target Field. “Simply scared.”
Wendelstedt was “coherent, speak”, according to the chief of the crew, Todd Tichenor.
The rest of the game was played with three referees.
Taylor said the incident reminded him of a line trip that hit the stands before in his career that injured a fan.
“It seems that it was my fault,” Taylor said.
The next act of Jeff McNeil in his rehabilitation will imply testing a different position.
As the second base of the Mets continues towards a return of oblique tension, it is scheduled to play in the central garden on Thorsday Day for Low-A St. Lucie, according to the manager Carlos Mendoza.
McNeil has three appearances in the central field in his career in the Major Leagues, two or that were beginning in 2023.
The Mets have the opportunity to play in the center, with José Siri marginalized by a fractured left warm. Siri is expected to be placed on the Kured list on Thursday.
“This is nothing new to [McNeil]He has played there before, “said Mendoza.” But we wanted to take this opportunity in the minor leagues, it is on board with it. ”
Mendoza said the club also has Taylor and Luisangel Acuña as central garden options, but wants to increase McNeil’s positional flexibility.
McNeil rehabilitation will be changed to Triple-A Syracuse this weekend, but Mendoza said the weather will play a determining factor.
McNeil stretched with oblique training at the beginning of spring training and has been rehabilitating since then.
Francisco Álvarez was scheduled for a return to action with Double-A Binghamton, one day after he was hit by a left hand and left the game after catching the next entry.
Álvarez is rehabilitating surgery in that same hand.
“A little fear, he left the game, but it’s fine,” said Mendoza.