Where do the Mets go next without Clay Holmes?
NEW YORK — Down by two in the bottom of the seventh after a Juan Soto home run, the Mets had runners on second and third base when one of the trainers came into the dugout. The Yankees changed pitchers and rookie A. J.
Ewing came up to bat with two outs. That’s when Carlos Mendoza received the results of the X-rays taken after Clay Holmes was hit in the right leg with a 111 mph comebacker earlier in the game: A fractured fibula. “It was like, we were starting to feel like we were getting some momentum,” the Mets skipper said Saturday afternoon at Citi Field.
“Then I’m getting the trainer coming up and telling me the news. ” Ewing then popped out to right field to end the inning. The Mets were deflated.
“We’re going to miss Clay for maybe a month, but I hope it’s less,” Soto said. The Mets will be without their best starting pitcher for more than a month. It will take 6-8 weeks for the bone to heal, and another 4-6 weeks to complete a throwing program.
While the Mets still expect Holmes to pitch again before the season ends, his absence will be felt. The right-hander was in the midst of the best season of his career, with his 2. 39 ERA and 3.
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