Jose Butto placed on IL as Mets' injury woes continue
Jose Butto has been placed on the injured list with an illness, the team announced Friday before the opener of the three-game Subway Series at Citi Field.
Advertisement
The team recalled Chris Devenski from Triple-A to replace him.
Butto, 27, is 2-1 with a 2.47 ERA spanning 43 2/3 innings across 31 outings.
He last pitched June 28 against the Pirates and missed the entire Brewers series.
The Mets' bullpen has taken hits in recent days, with Dedniel Núñez also landing on the injured list Friday and possibly needing Tommy John surgery in what could be a tough blow.
Advertisement
Jose Butto pitching June 25 against the Braves.
Corey Sipkin for the NY POST
Starter Paul Blackburn also is sidelined with a shoulder impingement that forced the Mets to turn to Justin Hagenman on Friday for a spot start.
More to come on this developing story
Try Our AI Features
Explore what Daily8 AI can do for you:
Comments
No comments yet...
Related Articles
New York Post
an hour ago
- New York Post
Juan Soto among All-Star Game snubs even as Mets send two more to Midsummer Classic
The Mets will have three representatives at the All-Star Game. Access the Mets beat like never before Join Post Sports+ for exciting subscriber-only features, including real-time texting with Mike Puma about the inside buzz on the Mets. Try it free Juan Soto won't be one of them. Advertisement Despite performing up to his lofty contract with a tremendous June, Soto didn't make the National League roster when it was announced Sunday. He'd been an All-Star each of the past four years. 'Sometimes you're gonna make it and sometimes you don't,' Soto said following Sunday's 6-4 loss to the Yankees in the Subway Series finale at Citi Field. 'It's just part of baseball.' Soto wasn't able to make up for his slow start in his first season in Queens after signing a 15-year, $765 million contract in the offseason. Advertisement Asked if he thought he'd done enough the previous month to make the team, Soto said, 'It looks like I didn't. I've just got to be better.' 3 Juan Soto of the Mets at bat during the first inning against the Yankees at Citi Field on July 06, 2025 in New York City. Getty Images He'd made it as a member of the Nationals, Padres and Yankees each year since 2021. After putting up an OPS of just .745 through May 28, Soto entered Sunday with a 1.211 OPS in his previous 34 games. Advertisement CHECK OUT THE LATEST MLB STANDINGS AND METS STATS Instead of Soto, Arizona's Corbin Carroll, Miami's Kyle Stowers, San Diego's Fernando Tatis Jr. and Washington's James Wood will be going to Atlanta. Soto went hitless Sunday and was in the on-deck circle when Francisco Lindor struck out against Devin Williams to end the game. 3 Juan Soto reacts after being called out on strikes during the fifth inning of a baseball game against the New York Yankees, Sunday, July 6, 2025. AP Advertisement Soto acknowledged it was a goal of his to continue his streak of playing in the Midsummer Classic. 'For me, I try to play as hard as I can and help the team and enjoy the moment,' Soto said. 'Everyone wants to be an All-Star and live the experience of being there, but this year it didn't happen. I was glad I was able to be there four years in a row. If I didn't make it this year, it's no big deal. I'll come back stronger next year.' While Soto will be sitting it out, Edwin Díaz and Pete Alonso were named as All-Star reserves and will join Lindor, who was voted in as the starting shortstop. 3 Pete Alonso will again be heading to the All-Star Game. Charles Wenzelberg/New York Post 'It's an honor, for sure,' said Alonso, who was named an All-Star for a fourth consecutive year and fifth time overall after his strong first half. Díaz has been excellent for most of the season and especially since late April. In his past 24 appearances, the closer has allowed one earned run over 24 innings. 'I definitely wanted to be an All-Star,' Díaz said. 'I've been throwing strikes and going after hitters. … It's been good. I've been able to do whatever I want on the mound.'
New York Post
an hour ago
- New York Post
This was an absolute must-win for Yankees — even in July
Access the Yankees beat like never before Don't miss Greg Joyce's text messages from The Bronx and beyond — he's giving Sports+ subscribers the inside buzz on the Yankees. Sign Up Now It was July 6, Game 90, still a week short of the All-Star Game. So not really the scenario you associate with a must-win contest beyond some social-media scream sites. But the Yankees had lost six in a row, have been the worst team in the majors for three-plus weeks and were on the verge of making it all hurt more by being Subway swept. And then there was this: The Yankees were starting their ace, Max Fried, against the cast of Who Wants to be a Mets Pitcher … and built a 5-0 lead. At this moment, Fried must be 'Win Day' for the Yankees, especially if the opponent is using a group of pitchers more likely to be on a bus to Jupiter, Fla., in March than in a Subway Series in July.
Yahoo
an hour ago
- Yahoo
Bellinger's shoestring catch starts double play, helps Yankees end 6-game losing streak
NEW YORK (AP) — Cody Bellinger watched Juan Soto hit a sinking line drive, charged in a few steps from left field and stuck out his arm as the ball dropped into the webbing of his glove. Then in one motion, Bellinger made a 89.9 mph throw on the fly throw to first baseman Paul Goldschmidt that doubled up Francisco Lindor, who didn't slide. Advertisement 'That was incredible,' Aaron Judge said Sunday after the Yankees stopped a six-game losing streak with a 6-4 win over the Mets. 'I've never seen something like that on the field. To come in, especially a guy like Soto, I've seen him hit so many line drives over outfielders heads when they come in too hard.' Soto's 105 mph liner against Mark Leiter Jr. had an expected batting average of .730. Bellinger was making his 31st start this season in left field and 68th career start there after playing first base for the first time this season on Saturday. 'It was a hard-hit ball,' Bellinger said. 'It's just trying to get the best read possible and I saw it in the air and had a really good bead on it. So, I was just glad I was able to make the play. So when I looked up, I saw Goldie with his glove high, so I tried to make a good throw.' Bellinger won a Gold Glove in 2019 as a right fielder with the Los Angeles Dodgers. Advertisement 'To make that play was a game changing play, potentially a game-winning play for us,' Goldschmidt said. The Mets challenged the catch, hoping the ball was trapped. 'I felt I caught it,' Bellinger said. 'I feel like you can tell if it hits the ground first. I feel like I caught it from the jump.' Mets manager Carlos Mendoza said he was willing to challenge because he knew he would get another review in the final two innings. 'Pretty incredible play there,' Mendoza said. 'Probably the play of the game.' Bellinger's pivotal catch was the second of three double plays in consecutive innings by a Yankees' defense that had been shaky of late. Advertisement 'Just what a play,' manager Aaron Boone said. 'Considering the context of this week and everything, that's probably the play of the year so far and to have the wherewithal and the quality of the throw to double them off, just a great play.' Hayden Senger grounded into a double play with the bases loaded in the sixth, and Judge followed with his catch. Goldschmidt turned an unassisted double play in the eighth, gloving Brett Baty's hard grounder, tagging Ronny Mauricio and stepping on first base. Judge hit his 33rd homer in the fifth and had a tumbling catch on Starling Marte flare to right that to end the sixth. Bellinger started in left field after rookie Jasson Domínguez experienced some shaky moments in the first two games. Advertisement On Friday, Domínguez initially broke in on Brandon Nimmo's liner and the ball went over him for a leadoff double before Soto hit a two-run homer. On Saturday, Marte hit an RBI single that went over Domínguez. Domínguez has made 59 starts in first full season in left field after playing 13 games in left during the final month of last season. Top prospect Spencer Jones, the Yankees' top pick in the 2022 amateur draft, made six starts in left field with Double-A Somerset and has made another start since his promotion to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes Barre. Jones hit a go-ahead, 445-foot, three-run homer in Sunday's 9-6 win over Lehigh Valley and is hitting .375 with four homers and eight RBIs in eight games with the RailRiders. ___ AP MLB: Larry Fleisher, The Associated Press
