The New York Mets announced that starting pitcher Griffin Canning suffered a ruptured Achilles on Thursday night.
Canning was placed on the 60-day injured list on Friday and faces a lengthy recovery. It is the same injury that affected NBA stars Damian Lillard, Jayson Tatum and Tyrese Haliburton during the playoffs.
On Thursday, Canning threw a pitch to Atlanta's Nick Allen, who grounded out to shortstop Francisco Lindor. Planting his leg to run to back up third base, Canning crumpled to the ground and held his left leg in the air.