When Mets General Manager Brodie Van Wagenen walked into the news conference room at Citi Field three hours before the Mets faced the Washington Nationals on Monday, he was expected to address Manager Mickey Callaway’s job status. After getting swept by the lowly Miami Marlins over the weekend, the Mets were on a five-game losing streak, six-and-a-half games out of first place, and rumors were swirling that Callaway might be fired shortly. Instead, Van Wagenen started with a bizarre injury update that only added to the sense of chaos surrounding the Mets. Yoenis Cespedes, the left fielder who has not played a game this season after having off-season surgery on both of his heels, had informed the team on Saturday night that he had fractured his right ankle in a “violent” fall on his ranch in Port St. Lucie, Fla.Van Wagenen declined to put a timetable on a possible return for Cespedes, who was already expected to miss at least the majority of this season, and said that he did not yet know whether Cespedes might miss time in 2020, as well.

Source: New York Times May 20, 2019 23:37 UTC