{"id":85227,"date":"2025-06-07T04:03:30","date_gmt":"2025-06-07T04:03:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/85227\/"},"modified":"2025-06-07T04:03:30","modified_gmt":"2025-06-07T04:03:30","slug":"lindor-healing-from-broken-toe-and-could-be-lineup-for-mets-this-weekend-manaea-makes-rehab-start","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/85227\/","title":{"rendered":"Lindor healing from broken toe and could be lineup for Mets this weekend, Manaea makes rehab start"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>DENVER (AP) \u2014 Shortstop Francisco Lindor&#8217;s broken toe is healing fast enough that he may soon be back in the lineup for the New York Mets.<\/p>\n<p>Possibly even this weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Mets manager Carlos Mendoza said before Friday&#8217;s game against Colorado that Lindor did some running and went through some drills in the cage. He might even have some type of availability Friday, Mendoza added.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Lindor\u2019s right pinky toe was broken by a pitch from Dodgers right-hander Tony Gonsolin in the first inning on Wednesday. He sat out Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI feel a little bit better today than how I felt yesterday,\u201d Mendoza said about Lindor&#8217;s availability against last-place Colorado. \u201cI thought maybe even the full series. But watching him today, talking to him, I wouldn\u2019t be surprised if he\u2019s in the lineup (Saturday) or the next day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ronny Mauricio filled in for Lindor at shortstop against the Rockies on Friday, while Brandon Nimmo was in the leadoff spot.<\/p>\n<p>Lindor is hitting .279 with 14 homers and 36 RBIs this season. He finished runner-up to Dodgers designated hitter Shohei Ohtani in the NL MVP race last season.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>In Wilmington, Delaware, Mets <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/sean-manaea-new-york-mets-9aaa88a0650fa24afd60975f12e8491f\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:lefty Sean Manaea;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">lefty Sean Manaea<\/a> made a rehab start for High-A Brooklyn against the Blue Rocks. He threw 36 pitches \u2014 26 strikes \u2014 over 1 2\/3 innings, allowing four hits and three earned runs. Manaea, who has been sidelined all season by an oblique injury, struck out two and didn&#8217;t walk a batter.<\/p>\n<p>The 33-year-old Manaea re-signed as a free agent with the Mets <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/mets-sean-manaea-833f45a1aa46f6923238ba7e288f513d#:~:text=Manaea%20gets%20%2425%20million%20annually,second%20and%20%2410%2C000%20for%20third.\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:for $75 million over three years;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">for $75 million over three years<\/a>. He went 12-6 with a 3.47 ERA in 32 starts last season.<\/p>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<p>AP MLB: <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/MLB\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:https:\/\/apnews.com\/MLB;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">https:\/\/apnews.com\/MLB<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"DENVER (AP) \u2014 Shortstop Francisco Lindor&#8217;s broken toe is healing fast enough that he may soon be back&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":85228,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2396],"tags":[5,226,20826,1443,167,39,227,101,4,1690,61,2548,4203,4804,1268,468,725],"class_list":{"0":"post-85227","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-brandon-nimmo","10":"tag-broken-toe","11":"tag-carlos-mendoza","12":"tag-colorado","13":"tag-dodgers","14":"tag-francisco-lindor","15":"tag-mets","16":"tag-mlb","17":"tag-new-york","18":"tag-new-york-mets","19":"tag-newyork","20":"tag-newyorkmets","21":"tag-ronny-mauricio","22":"tag-sean-manaea","23":"tag-shohei-ohtani","24":"tag-tony-gonsolin"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/114640100041336305","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85227","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=85227"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85227\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/85228"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85227"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85227"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}