Brandon Nimmo exits game with right shoulder discomfort in Mets injury worry
NY Post
Brandon Nimmo prioritizes smart decisions over high risk, but from his perspective, there wasn’t a choice for him in Sunday’s seventh inning.
He had to catch the ball.
Nimmo’s diving grab in left field on Nick Fortes’ bloop kept the go-ahead run from scoring, but the bill arrived in the bottom of the inning, when Nimmo’s right shoulder ached as he swung the bat.
Nimmo managed to finish the at-bat, but was removed for the start of the eighth.
On Monday, he will receive an MRI exam on the shoulder that will likely give the Mets an idea how long Nimmo will be sidelined.
“I didn’t feel it right away [on the catch],” Nimmo said after the Mets’ 3-2 loss to the Marlins at Citi Field. “But then we went in and did the seventh inning stretch … I kind of felt this general achiness in my shoulder and said, ‘OK, I will save what swings I have left for the game.’ I took that first swing and felt a little something in my backswing.”
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