The Mets officially received some tough news on Monday, as Jesse Winker is expected to be sidelined for 6-to-8 weeks after suffering a Grade 2 oblique strain he suffered during Sunday’s doubleheader against the Cardinals.
Winker was playing the field for the first time this season in Game 1 of the double dip, and he suffered the injury making a throw home trying to stop Nolan Arenado from scoring on a sacrifice fly.
“Obliques are tricky, we’ll feel it here,” Carlos Mendoza said Monday.
One area they’ll particularly feel it is in their designated hitter rotation -- where Winker has filled a little bit more than half of the at-bats thus far this season as part of a platoon with veteran Starling Marte.