{"id":662236,"date":"2026-04-04T05:09:22","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T05:09:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/662236\/"},"modified":"2026-04-04T05:09:22","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T05:09:22","slug":"jorge-polancos-balky-achilles-keeps-him-out-of-mets-lineup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/662236\/","title":{"rendered":"Jorge Polanco&#8217;s balky Achilles keeps him out of Mets lineup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SAN FRANCISCO \u2014 Jorge Polanco\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/04\/01\/sports\/tobias-myers-already-showing-mets-what-he-can-offer-early-in-season\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">left Achilles is becoming a real pain<\/a> for the Mets.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>After progressing in recent days, according to manager Carlos Mendoza, the first baseman\u2019s ankle discomfort resurfaced on Thursday, removing him from Friday\u2019s starting lineup.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It was the second time in four games that Polanco, who has been used as a DH since Sunday, was absent from the starting lineup.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am not going to say concern, but it\u2019s a day to day,\u201d Mendoza said before the Mets faced the Giants. \u201cHe\u2019s got days where he feels it more and for the past couple of days he was in a pretty good place until [Thursday] night.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Polanco hasn\u2019t played first base since last Saturday because of the discomfort, which Mendoza is terming as tendonitis. Brett Baty got the start at the position on Friday, but Mark Vientos and Jared Young have also received starts there.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Mendoza said he\u2019s been pleased with Vientos\u2019 development at the position.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.49926794;display:block\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"38989025\" width=\"885\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20260329_MetsPirates_CS087.jpg\" alt=\"New York Mets second baseman Jorge Polanco (11) reacts as he walks back to the dugout after he flies out for the final out of the tenth inning at Citi Field, Sunday, March 29, 2026,\" class=\"wp-image-38989025\"  \/>New York Mets second baseman Jorge Polanco (11) reacts as he walks back to the dugout after he flies out for the final out of the 10th inning at Citi Field, Sunday, March 29, 2026. Corey Sipkin for the NY POST<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[Thursday] night the way he moved, a couple of plays there,\u201d Mendoza said. \u201cHe\u2019s moving around well, not only when he\u2019s fielding the baseball, but just how he\u2019s receiving the throws. He\u2019s looked really good there.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>David Peterson committed an error fielding a toss from Vientos on a ball that appeared thrown behind the left-hander, and Mendoza indicated it\u2019s part of the \u201clearning curve\u201d for Vientos.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[Vientos] made a hell of a play there,\u201d Mendoza said. \u201cYou have got a moving target and you just continue to practice that.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Carson Benge received his first career start in Oracle Park\u2019s vast right field, which includes various angles due to the ballpark\u2019s unique layout. <\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tDelivering insights on all things Amazin\u2019s\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"inline-module__cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tSign up for Inside the Mets by Mike Puma, exclusively on Sports+\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tThank you\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Mendoza said the rookie worked with outfield coach Gilbert Gomez before Thursday\u2019s series opener to become acquainted with the various nuances.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Mets entered play sixth in MLB and second in the National League with 71 strikeouts by their pitchers. <\/p>\n<p>The team\u2019s 3.02 ERA was sixth in MLB and tied for fifth in the NL.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAN FRANCISCO \u2014 Jorge Polanco\u2019s left Achilles is becoming a real pain for the Mets.\u00a0 After progressing in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":662237,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2396],"tags":[5,120,101,4,1690,61,2548,4203,185],"class_list":{"0":"post-662236","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-mets","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-jorge-polanco","10":"tag-mets","11":"tag-mlb","12":"tag-new-york","13":"tag-new-york-mets","14":"tag-newyork","15":"tag-newyorkmets","16":"tag-sports"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116344716076620632","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/662236","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=662236"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/662236\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/662237"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=662236"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=662236"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=662236"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}