Vientos (hand) joined the Mets in Tampa on Monday and could be activated from the 10-day injured list during the team's upcoming three-game series versus the Rays, Jon Heyman of the New York Post reports.
Imanaga (8-10) took the loss Sunday, allowing six runs on eight hits and a walk over five innings against the Reds. He struck out four.
Happ went 2-for-3 with a walk and two runs scored in Sunday's 7-5 loss to the Reds.
Crow-Armstrong went 2-for-5 with two solo home runs in Sunday's 7-5 loss to the Reds.
Ewing went 1-for-3 with a double, a walk, a stolen base and a run scored in Sunday's 6-3 loss to the Astros.
Thornton allowed two runs on six hits and a hit batsman while striking out five and walking none over five innings in a no-decision versus the Astros on Sunday.
Lindor went 1-for-4 with a solo home run in Sunday's 6-3 loss to the Astros.
Kelly is out of the lineup for Sunday's matchup with the Reds.
Taylor went 4-for-5 with a double and three runs scored in Saturday's 17-5 win over the Reds.
Bregman went 3-for-5 with a double, a home run and three RBI in Saturday's 17-5 win over the Reds.
Shota Imanaga has been inconsistent for most of the season. In September, he’s allowed three earned runs in each of his four starts, owning a 4.91 ERA. He’s also allowed a combined five home runs in his last two starts. Nolan McLean has yet to allow more than two earned runs all seven of his starts thus far, with the Mets winning five of those games as well. New York cannot afford to lose any more games this season as the Reds are only a half game back of the final Wild Card spot in the NL.
Shota Imanaga has a 4.01 ERA with a .250 opponent batting average in September, which is higher than his overall .211 average against for the season. He’s getting fatigued, and the Cubs need him for the playoffs. The Mets will start Nolan McLean, who has allowed two ER or fewer in all seven starts this season. He’s holding opponents to a scant .195 batting average in 42.2 IP. Chicago has never seen McLean, while the Mets have a .388 xwOBA in 29 plate appearances against Imanaga. New York’s three and four batters went 0-8 combined in yesterday’s non-effort as the Mets could muster up just four hits. I like the road team in this spot.
