Mets Put Jorge Polanco On Injured List With Wrist Contusion

[Steve Drumwright]

 

The New York Mets have lost a second key bat to an injury.

With superstar Juan Soto already on the injured list, the Mets placed first baseman Jorge Polanco on the 10-day IL Saturday with a right wrist contusion. Catcher Hayden Senger was called up from Triple-A Syracuse.

Polanco, a key offseason signing, last played Tuesday, going 0-for-4 in a 2-1 loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers. Like others in the Mets' lineup, he was off to a rough start offensively, putting up a .179/.246/.286 slash line with one homer and two RBIs in 14 of the Mets' 20 games.

Senger won't be adding much offensively. His .257/.316/.714 slash line with five homers and 11 RBIs in 12 games at Syracuse marks above-average output for the 29-year-old catcher. He made his MLB debut a year ago, appearing in 33 games with the Mets and having a slash line of .181/.221/.194 with no homers and four RBIs.

Brett Baty has started the last two games at first base with Polanco out of the lineup.

 

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[Edgy MD]

The best thing about calling up Senger is that on the face of it, he promises to answer no needs, so he cannot disappoint.

I guess this makes Alvarez 15% more of a fit for the regular righthanded DH, but other than that, a spectacularly inconsequential choice.

[Centerfield]

I’m still not sure how Polanco managed to hurt himself while not playing but whatever. At least he can heal now. 
 

Injury risk was high with this signing. 

[Gwreck]

41 minutes ago, Centerfield said:

I’m still not sure how Polanco managed to hurt himself while not playing but whatever. At least he can heal now. 
 

He’s had the Achilles problem for a while but the hand injury occured Tuesday while batting against Yamamoto.

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

He wasnt helping anyway

[MFS62]

Would they have to bring him back off the IL before they release him?  (not sure if that was meant to be serious)

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[MFS62]

who now catches for Syracuse?

Did they promote someone from Binghamton?

Inquiring minds want to know.

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[The Hot Corner]

On 4/18/2026 at 2:23 PM, Johnny Lunchbucket said:

He wasnt helping anyway

The same can be said for much of the roster thus far.

[Edgy MD]

Current Syracuse catchers include Vincent Perozo and Onyx Vega.  Ben Rortvedt is IL-ing.

[duan]

i can't remember what I thought at the time, but this Polanco signing is looking more and more like a Jason Bay/Michael Cuddyer clusterfuck 

[Cowtipper]

He's 56 at-bats into his season. Not enough of a sample size to make such a bold proclamation. 

[MFS62]

His current line is: 

.179

.246

.286

.532

 

So I'm not sure whether his going on the IL is good news or bad news.

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