Clay Holmes injury update: Mets pitcher out 'long time' after hit fractures fibula
Mets starter Clay Holmes will be out "a long time" after a line drive fractured his fibula Friday night.
The New York Mets ' disappointing season took its most disastrous turn yet Friday, May 15 when starting pitcher Clay Holmes suffered a fractured fibula after taking a line drive off his right leg. Holmes, 33, will be out "for a long time," Mets manager Carlos Mendoza told reporters Friday. New York Yankees rookie Spencer Jones hit a low line drive off Holmes' lower right leg leading off the top of the fourth inning; the ball's exit velocity was 111.
1 mph. Holmes was examined by an athletic trainer and Mendoza and somewhat remarkably stayed in the game into the fifth. But X-rays revealed the fracture, robbing the Mets of arguably their best starting pitcher in this disappointing season.
Clay Holmes got hit by this comebacker off the bat of Spencer Jones in the fourth inning. Holmes stayed in the game and pitched into the fifth https://t. co/9itrCjJSGc pic.
twitter. com/TwCfIUgz4W ā SNY Mets (@SNY_Mets) May 16, 2026 Despite giving up four earned runs in Friday's 5-2 loss to the Yankees, Holmes has a 2. 39 ERA this season and has pitched into at least the seventh inning in three of his nine starts this year.