Polanco, 32, suffered the injury during Tuesday’s 2-1 loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers. He went 0 for 4 in the game with two strikeouts.
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“It’s a bruise on the wrist, like a bone bruise,” Mets manager Carlos Mendoza told reporters before Saturday’s game against the Chicago Cubs.
“When the doctors first examined him, it looked like he had been hit by a pitch when that wasn’t the case,” Mendoza continued. “Talking to him, it was just a couple of hits he took (Tuesday) night… It just got worse the next day.”Polanco has also been dealing with bursitis in his left Achilles tendon, but that condition was improving, according to Mendoza. That injury has contributed to the veteran’s slow start to the 2026 season after signing a two-year, $40 million contract with the Mets. He has played in 14 of the team’s 20 games.
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In 61 plate appearances, Polanco has a .179/.246/.286 line with three doubles, one home run and two RBIs. Although it’s early in the season, that production falls well short of the 26 home runs, 30 doubles and 78 RBI he compiled last year for the Seattle Mariners, hitting .265/.326/.495 in 524 PA.
To take Polanco’s place on the major league roster, catcher Hayden Senger was called up from Triple-A Syracuse. In 12 games this season, he has five home runs and 11 RBIs with a .257/.316/.714 slash line. Mendoza told reporters that he wanted Senger as another right-handed catcher that would allow him to use Luis Torrens as a pinch-hitter or put Francisco Álvarez at designated hitter.
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The Mets have lost nine straight games entering Saturday’s matinee, the team’s longest losing streak since 11 straight losses in 2004. At 7-13, the Mets are currently last in the National League East, 1.5 games behind the fourth-place Philadelphia Phillies.