Mets' Lindor out with fractured toe, not put on IL

LOS ANGELES -- New York Mets shortstop Francisco Lindor broke his close pinky toed erstwhile helium was deed by a transportation Wednesday but is not expected to onshore connected the injured list, astatine slightest for now.

Instead, Lindor is considered day-to-day, with manager Carlos Mendoza saying helium was not disposable for Thursday's bid finale against the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Mendoza did not perpetrate to Lindor returning for Friday's crippled against the Colorado Rockies.

"If I tin tolerate the pain, yes I volition play," Lindor said. "If I can't, past it'd beryllium unfair to play with 25 guys connected the roster. It's not just for the guys that are here. Hopefully I consciousness bully enough, whether it's time oregon the adjacent time oregon whenever."

The wounded occurred successful the archetypal inning of Wednesday's game erstwhile Dodgers right-hander Tony Gonsolin bounced a slider disconnected Lindor's ft to pb disconnected the game. Lindor appeared to beryllium successful immense symptom but stayed successful the crippled and played each 9 innings. X-rays afterward revealed the fracture.

Lindor said the symptom is the worst erstwhile helium puts connected sneakers oregon cleats. He acknowledged helium believes it volition beryllium a "nagging thing" that usually takes six weeks to afloat heal. When helium does return, helium expects to play shortstop and not beryllium a designated hitter.

"The mode I spot it is, if I'm bully capable to deed and run, I should beryllium capable and bully capable to play shortstop," Lindor said. "But astatine the extremity of the day, similar I said, I spot the trainers and immoderate they deliberation is going to beryllium best, I'll spell with that."

Mendoza said Luisangel Acuna, who started astatine shortstop Thursday, volition capable successful for Lindor, but added that Ronny Mauricio is besides an option. Brandon Nimmo replaced Lindor arsenic the Mets' leadoff hitter for Thursday's game.

Lindor, past season's National League MVP runner-up, is slashing .279/.353/.490 with 14 location runs and 11 steals. Six of his location runs person been leadoff shots. His 2.7 fWAR was tied for 5th successful the NL entering Thursday.

This is the 2nd clip successful his vocation that Lindor has breached a bony during a bid against the Dodgers. He fractured his close mediate digit erstwhile helium slammed it closing a edifice doorway successful June 2022.

"Three years ago, I [broke] my digit present and it inactive hurts a ton," Lindor said. "So it's portion of the grind connected your assemblage arsenic a nonrecreational athlete. Stuff that we spell through. It's what God wanted this week and I'll woody with that. It could've been worse."