Mets hope Jeff McNeil can play rehab video games in Arizona Fall League

The Mets’ seek for rehab video games for Jeff McNeil might result in Arizona.

With Hurricane Milton bearing down on Florida — the Mets minor league facility is positioned in Port St. Lucie — supervisor Carlos Mendoza mentioned Tuesday that the workforce could petition MLB to ask permission for McNeil to play video games within the Arizona Fall League.

McNeil, who’s rehabbing from a proper wrist fracture, labored out at Citi Discipline with teammates earlier than the Mets’ 7-2 Recreation 3 NLDS win over the Phillies, however workforce officers would love him to play in video games — standing on his toes for a stretch of innings — earlier than any potential activation from the injured record.

That activation might happen as quickly because the NLCS ought to the Mets advance.

Mendoza cited Kyle Schwarber enjoying video games within the Arizona Fall League earlier than becoming a member of the Cubs’ World Collection roster in 2016 after lacking a lot of the season with an harm as a precedent.

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Among the many selections going through Mendoza is which pitcher may piggyback Kodai Senga in a possible Recreation 5 on Friday.

The supervisor can have Luis Severino on full relaxation that day, however David Peterson additionally pitched effectively in that position on Saturday in Senga’s return from the injured record.

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Observe The Submit’s protection of the Mets within the postseason:

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Mendoza has obtained no scarcity of well-wishes this offseason because the Mets have progressed in October. However Mendoza was hard-pressed to say from who he might need obtained essentially the most stunning textual content.

“It’s arduous for me to sit down right here and say a reputation as a result of it’s like 400, 500 textual content messages — it’s unbelievable,” Mendoza mentioned. “It’s only a grateful and humbling expertise. Once you undergo video games like we went via the previous week and so they simply carry on coming. That reveals that you’ve got lots of people in your nook, individuals which are pulling for you. It’s positively a particular feeling and humbling.”

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Keith Hernandez threw out the ceremonial first pitch to John Franco.

Each are former Mets captains.