In a May 17 victory over the Atlanta Braves, outfielder Kevin Pillar suffered an injury that would lead to him becoming yet another Met on an already lengthy IL.
But it wasn’t just any old health-related setback. Pillar suffered a multitude of nasal fractures by the way of a 94 mile-per-hour fastball he took the face — essentially the scariest moment of the 2021 Mets campaign thus far.
Miraculously, Pillar endured a short stint on the IL and was once again active for his ballclub exactly two weeks after the incident.
But that doesn’t cause the fearful memory of the ordeal to just vanish.