ST. LOUIS -- Mets left fielder Jesse Winker will fly back to New York instead of traveling with the team to Arizona after leaving the first game of a doubleheader at St. Louis on Sunday with right side discomfort.
Winker had an MRI after the game, but manager Carlos Mendoza said after the Mets lost the nightcap 5-4 that more imaging was needed and a stint on the injured list was likely.
"He's going to go back to New York," Mendoza said. "We need to get more pictures on it.