The New York Mets placed outfielder Tyrone Taylor on the 10-day injured list on Tuesday because of a strained left hamstring.
The move is retroactive to Saturday. In a corresponding move, the Mets recalled outfielder Jared Young from Triple-A Syracuse. New York also optioned left-hander Brandon Waddell to Syracuse and recalled right-hander Kevin Herget from the affiliate.
Regarded as the team’s top defensive outfielder, Taylor, 31, has not played since Friday, when he went 2-for-5 with two doubles and four RBIs in a 19-9 win over the visiting Miami Marlins.
“We didn’t want to push it, obviously, and put him at risk,” manager Carlos Mendoza said on Tuesday. “We just decided to kinda slow this thing down and put him on the IL. Hopefully, it’s not too long.”
Taylor is batting .218 with two home runs and 25 RBIs in 109 games, but since the All-Star break has hit .245 (12-for-49) with a .654 OPS in 23 games.
For his career, Taylor is batting .237 with 50 homers and 196 RBIs in 570 games for the Milwaukee Brewers (2019-23) and Mets (2024-present). The Brewers selected him in the second round of the 2012 MLB Draft.
Young, 30, has hit .222 (7-for-41) with three homers and five RBIs in 18 games for New York. He played for the Mets’ Single-A and Triple-A affiliates this season and batted a combined .308 with 16 homers, 48 RBIs and a .978 OPS.
Herget, 34, spent time with the Atlanta Braves this season (1-0, 0.00 ERA, one inning) before signing a minor league contract with New York (0-0, 1.29), where he has three relief appearances for a total of seven innings.
Waddell, 31, had no decisions and a 3.45 ERA with 11 walks and 22 strikeouts in 31 1/3 innings over 11 games (one start) for the Mets.
