Mets' Trevor May goes on 15-day injured list with triceps injury
Mets relief pitcher Trevor May reacts after Atlanta's Travis d'Arnaud hit a two-run double during the eighth inning of a game on Monday at Citi Field. Credit: AP
Reliever Trevor May, who spoke in anguished tones about not feeling right physically on the mound after another poor outing on Monday night, was placed on the 15-day injured list by the Mets on Tuesday afternoon.
May has right triceps inflammation, the Mets said in a statement announcing the move about an hour before the first game of Tuesday’s doubleheader against Atlanta.
May missed a few days in April with what he called a “low-grade” triceps strain. After allowing two runs to Atlanta on Monday to bump up his ERA to 8.64, May said he was going to get an MRI on Tuesday.
“It's as frustrating as anything in my life right now,” he said on Monday. Also: “I need to know what to do to feel good again.”
The Mets recalled righthander Adonis Medina from Triple-A Syracuse.
Buck’s back
Buck Showalter returned from a one-game suspension. Showalter was suspended and Mets reliever Yoan Lopez got three games for pitches that MLB deemed intentionally thrown at the Phillies’ Kyle Schwarber on Sunday night.
Showalter did not learn of his suspension until about 50 minutes before the Mets game vs. Atlanta on Monday night when he was informed by general manager Billy Eppler.
“I thought he was kidding,” Showalter said. “What can you do?”
Nothing. Managers cannot appeal their suspensions. Bench coach Glenn Sherlock managed the Mets in their 5-2 loss.
Showalter was not pleased with finding out about his suspension with less than an hour to go before gametime.
“I don’t know competitively speaking if the timing was fair to the New York Mets,” he said.
The Mets went into Tuesday having been hit by pitches an MLB-high 21 times.
“It’s funny,” Showalter said. “We’re the guys that have been hit and we’re the ones getting punished. Think about it. It’s kind of strange. Believe me, I have some personal, private thoughts about it. Probably doesn’t do anybody any good to air it.”
Lopez, who the Mets sent to Triple-A Syracuse after Sunday’s game, has the right to appeal his suspension, which will not be served until and if he is called back up to the majors.
Showalter admitted Lopez’s looming suspension could make the Mets less likely to call him back up. It seems like a loophole that could hurt Lopez’s chance to pitch in the big leagues again.
“How do you call up somebody that can’t pitch?” Showalter said, although if Lopez appeals upon being recalled, the suspension will itself be suspended until a hearing is held.
Anthony Rieber covers sports media and business and professional sports (you know, games and trades and things). He has worked at Newsday since Aug. 31, 1998, and has been in his current position since Jan. 1, 2026.
