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New York Post
12-07-2025
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- New York Post
Dedniel Nunez needs Tommy John surgery in latest Mets bullpen injury blow
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 KANSAS CITY, Mo. – A high-end bullpen piece for the Mets won't be returning this season or perhaps next. Dedniel Núñez is set to undergo Tommy John surgery for the second time in his career, according to manager Carlos Mendoza, after he was placed on the injured list earlier this month with an elbow sprain. Advertisement The right-hander appeared in 10 games for the Mets this season and pitched to a 4.66 ERA, following a spring in which the team slow-walked his buildup in hopes of preserving his elbow. Last season, Núñez pitched to a 2.31 ERA in 25 appearances for the team as a key midseason addition before he was shut down by elbow discomfort. 'He gave it a try,' Mendoza said before the Mets faced the Royals on Saturday. 'This is something that he dealt with last year and missed the rest of the season. He rehabbed the whole year, worked extremely hard, put himself in a position where he came in healthy in spring training … for him to go down is unfortunate.' Advertisement Dedniel Núñez will miss the rest of the season after needing Tommy John surgery. Corey Sipkin for the NY POST Núñez, 29, is the third Mets reliever whose season will end with surgery. Earlier this season A.J. Minter and Danny Young were lost to surgeries. Minter underwent surgery for a torn lat and Young had Tommy John surgery. The Mets bullpen could receive a boost after the All-Star break, with lefty Brooks Raley nearing completion of his rehab assignment. Raley underwent Tommy John surgery last year and in April re-signed with the Mets.
Yahoo
08-07-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Pirates' Oneil Cruz will bring his record-breaking power to the Home Run Derby
Pittsburgh Pirates' Oneil Cruz (15) rounds the bases after hitting a two-run home run off New York Mets pitcher Dedniel Núñez during the seventh inning of a baseball game in Pittsburgh, Sunday, June 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar) Pittsburgh Pirates' Oneil Cruz, center, celebrates with Ke'Bryan Hayes (13) after both scored on his two-run home run off New York Mets pitcher Dedniel Núñez during the seventh inning of a baseball game in Pittsburgh, Sunday, June 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar) Pittsburgh Pirates' Oneil Cruz, center, celebrates with Ke'Bryan Hayes (13) after both scored on his two-run home run off New York Mets pitcher Dedniel Núñez during the seventh inning of a baseball game in Pittsburgh, Sunday, June 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar) Pittsburgh Pirates' Oneil Cruz (15) rounds the bases after hitting a two-run home run off New York Mets pitcher Dedniel Núñez during the seventh inning of a baseball game in Pittsburgh, Sunday, June 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar) Pittsburgh Pirates' Oneil Cruz, center, celebrates with Ke'Bryan Hayes (13) after both scored on his two-run home run off New York Mets pitcher Dedniel Núñez during the seventh inning of a baseball game in Pittsburgh, Sunday, June 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar) Pittsburgh Pirates center fielder Oneil Cruz, known more for delivering hard-hit homers than producing them in quantity, was added Tuesday to next week's Home Run Derby in Atlanta. He is the fifth player named as a participant in Monday's event at Truist Park, which hosts the All-Star Game a night later. Also competing are Atlanta's Ronald Acuña Jr., Minnesota's Byron Buxton, Seattle's Cal Raleigh and Washington's James Wood. Advertisement Cruz, 26, had 15 homers entering Tuesday night's game at Kansas City. He hit a career-best 21 last season. When the 6-foot-7 Cruz hits a homer, he often hits it hard. On May 25 against visiting Milwaukee, he hit a ball measured at 122.9 mph into the Allegheny River, the highest exit velocity on a home run since Statcast began tracking in 2015. He also showed off his arm Sunday with a 105.2 mph throw to nail Seattle's J.P. Crawford at the plate. That was the second-hardest thrown ball to produce an outfield assist recorded by Statcast. ___ AP MLB:
Yahoo
04-07-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Carlos Mendoza Saddened by Mets News on Thursday
Carlos Mendoza Saddened by Mets News on Thursday originally appeared on Athlon Sports. The New York Mets are still within striking distance in the NL East after breaking their four-game losing streak on Wednesday night, but there's plenty of work to do. New York is now two games behind the Philadelphia Phillies atop the division and just a half-game ahead of the Milwaukee Brewers for the first Wild Card spot ahead of its rubber match with the latter club on Thursday. Advertisement The Mets were swept in three games by the Pittsburgh Pirates in their previous series and outscored 30-4 over that stretch. They followed that up with a 7-2 loss to Milwaukee on Wednesday afternoon before winning the second game of the doubleheader 7-3. However, the team placed right-handed pitchers Paul Blackburn (shoulder) and Dedniel Núñez (elbow) on the 15-day IL before Thursday's contest. Manager Carlos Mendoza gave his thoughts about Núñez, who might need Tommy John surgery after getting it in 2021, via SNY. New York Mets pitcher Dedniel Núñez (72) Gregory Fisher-USA TODAY Sports "It sucks, you know? When he goes through that outing last night and reports that soreness, the discomfort on that elbow, you know right away," he said. "Especially with what he went through last year, he already had one Tommy John. You feel for the kid." Advertisement "You feel for the athlete, obviously. Great kid, great person," he continued. "He was huge for us last year, and you started seeing some of those signs again with the way he was throwing the baseball. Again, we just gotta wait and see. Pray for him, and support him." Núñez notched a 2.31 ERA with 48 strikeouts over 35 innings pitched for New York last season before going down with a flexor injury in September. The 29-year-old allowed no runs on one hit in 0.2 innings in Wednesday night's win. Southpaw hurler David Peterson (5-4, 3.30 ERA) will pitch for the Mets against Brewers southpaw Jose Quintana (6-2, 3.30 ERA) on Thursday. Advertisement Related: Mets Star Name Drops Jacob deGrom After Brewers Game Related: Carlos Mendoza Facing Backlash for Comments After Mets' Fourth Straight Loss This story was originally reported by Athlon Sports on Jul 3, 2025, where it first appeared.
New York Post
04-07-2025
- Sport
- New York Post
Dedniel Nunez could need second Tommy John surgery in potential brutal Mets injury blow
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 It is déjà vu in the worst way possible for one Mets reliever. Dedniel Núñez is headed back to the injured list with a right elbow sprain. Advertisement The concern, according to manager Carlos Mendoza, is that this injury may require drastic measures to fix. 'I think, you know, it's [Tommy John surgery] on the table,' Mendoza said. While the Mets called the injury just an elbow sprain, Mendoza and president of baseball operations David Stearns confirmed that there is ligament damage in Núñez's elbow. The reliever previously had Tommy John surgery in 2021 after spraining the UCL in his right elbow. Advertisement Dedniel Núñez could need a second Tommy John surgery. Corey Sipkin for the NY POST Mendoza lamented Núñez's situation given his injury history. 'You feel for the kid; you feel for the athlete,' Mendoza said. 'He was huge for us last year, and you started seeing some of those signs again with the way he was throwing the baseball.' Núñez has had to work hard to return from his first Tommy John surgery. Just before his injury, he was selected in the Rule 5 draft by the Giants off the Mets' roster in 2021. Advertisement However, his time with San Francisco was short-lived, and he returned to the Mets that November. Before his surgery, he was primarily being trained as a starting pitcher, but his trajectory changed. When he returned to the mound in 2022, he was used only as a reliever in Double-A and Triple-A. He pitched in 66 games in the minors between 2022 and 2023. Advertisement Dedniel Núñez has a right elbow sprain. Charles Wenzelberg/New York Post In 2024, he was selected for the 40-man roster. He was promoted to the major leagues for the first time in his career April 9, 2024. But last July, he was placed on the 15-day IL for a pronator sprain in his right forearm. CHECK OUT THE LATEST MLB STANDINGS AND METS STATS That injury did not slow him down, and he returned in August looking good. He appeared in 25 games, posting a 2.31 ERA and a 0.91 WHIP. But the injury bug bit again in September in the form of a flexor injury. He received platelet-rich plasma injections to avoid surgery, which worked at the time. This time, he may not be so lucky, and his return timetable is unknown.
Al Arabiya
04-07-2025
- Sport
- Al Arabiya
Mets Add Pitchers Paul Blackburn and Dedniel Núñez to Long Injured List
Already running low on pitching, the New York Mets added starter Paul Blackburn and reliever Dedniel Núñez to a crowded injured list Thursday in their latest flurry of roster moves. Núñez has a right elbow sprain and could require Tommy John surgery for the second time in his career. Blackburn was given medication for a right shoulder impingement and won't throw for three to five days. 'Hopefully that calms the discomfort there a little bit and we'll get him going, so that's relatively good news,' manager Carlos Mendoza said. 'As far as the rotation goes – one day at a time. Got to get through today and see where we're at for tomorrow and then for the weekend.' Blackburn (0–3, 7.71 ERA) had been lined up to pitch in the Subway Series this weekend against the New York Yankees at Citi Field. Now the Mets are undecided for Friday and Sunday – with Frankie Montas scheduled Saturday to make his third start this season since returning from a lat strain. Left-hander Sean Manaea (oblique elbow) and right-hander Kodai Senga (right hamstring strain) appear to be on the mend, but neither is quite ready to rejoin a tattered rotation. Mendoza said it's possible one or both could return during the last weekend before the All-Star break, July 12–13, in Kansas City. They are among twelve Mets pitchers on the injured list, including fellow starters Tylor Megill (elbow sprain) and Griffin Canning, who is out for the season after rupturing his left Achilles tendon last week. With the pitching staff ravaged recently following a terrific start, New York had lost fourteen of eighteen heading into Thursday night's game against Milwaukee. Senga threw a bullpen Wednesday and was running and going through fielding practice Thursday. The goal is for him to make a rehab start for Double-A Binghamton on Saturday or Sunday, according to Mendoza. Manaea has been sidelined since spring training with a right oblique strain, and his most recent rehab outing was pushed back because of elbow discomfort attributed to a bone chip. But he received a cortisone shot and threw sixty pitches over three innings Wednesday evening for Binghamton against Hartford. Assuming he feels good, Manaea is expected to make one more minor league start next Tuesday and then perhaps pitch for the Mets on July 13 at Kansas City in the final game before the All-Star break. 'It is a possibility,' Mendoza said. 'Ideally, yes. But again, we're going to take it one day at a time, one outing at a time.' New York recalled right-handers Austin Warren and Justin Hagenman from Triple-A Syracuse and selected the contract of right-hander Rico Garcia. All three were in the bullpen for Thursday night's series finale versus the Brewers. Right-hander Blade Tidwell was optioned to Syracuse after throwing 4 1/3 innings in relief Wednesday night to earn his first major league victory in the second game of a split doubleheader. Blackburn was placed on the 15-day injured list retroactive to Monday. With the bullpen taxed so heavily lately, the Mets put him back on the mound following an 89-minute rain delay Saturday in Pittsburgh – and Mendoza acknowledged he thinks that led to the pitcher's injury. When the game resumed, Blackburn gave up five consecutive singles to start the bottom of the second inning before he was removed. 'Obviously we knew we were asking a lot. But the whole time we were asking feedback from him. He kept throwing and we knew, and he knew, that we were only going to ask him for another thirty-five pitches, right?' Mendoza said. 'But yeah, I think it has something to do with it. You hate to see it, but it's where we were at at the time. And again the back and forth with him, with the trainers, and we just felt like even though it was an hour and a half – you know, it wasn't an easy decision. And here we are now.' Núñez (0–0, 4.66 ERA) also landed on the 15-day IL as the Mets wait for multiple doctors to review imaging before a plan for the right-hander is determined.
