NEW YORK -- Regardless what the future still holds, injuries will always define Juan Lagares' Mets career. Never has Lagares, the Mets' Gold Glove center fielder, enjoyed a full, healthy big league season. This year, he did not come particularly close.
Lagares is expected to miss the rest of the season after tearing a ligament in the big toe of his left foot, the Mets announced Friday. The team placed him on the 10-day disabled list, reinstating reliever Jerry Blevins from paternity leave, with plans to send Lagares for surgery next week.
"It's going to hurt us a little bit," manager Mickey Callaway said.