Mets DH Jorge Polanco goes to injured list with right wrist contusion
Polanco has also struggled with an ankle injury contributing to a .179 average and .532 OPS to start the season.
Amid a nine-game losing streak , the New York Mets have placed designated hitter Jorge Polanco on the 10-day injured list with a right wrist contusion, the team announced Saturday. Polanco, 32, sustained the injury during Tuesday’s 2-1 loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers. He batted 0-for-4 in the game with two strikeouts.
“It’s a wrist contusion, like a bone bruise,” Mets manager Carlos Mendoza told reporters before Saturday’s game with the Chicago Cubs. The Mets don't have a timetable for when Jorge Polanco will return from the 10-day IL pic. twitter.
com/Af3qnr5vZQ — SNY Mets (@SNY_Mets) April 18, 2026 "When doctors first took a look at him, it looked like he got hit by a pitch when he didn't,” Mendoza continued. “In talking to him, it was just a couple of swings that he took [Tuesday] night… It just got worse the following day. ” Polanco has also been dealing with bursitis in his left Achilles tendon, but that condition was improving, according to Mendoza.
That injury has contributed to the veteran’s slow start to the 2026 season after signing a two-year, $40 million deal with the Mets. He’s played in 14 of the team’s 20 games. In 61 plate appearances, Polanco has a .