With second baseman Dilson Herrera suffering a right quadriceps strain and likely shutdown for the season with , the Mets announced they will add infielder Wilfredo Tovar to the big league team for the final six games of the season.
Herrera hit his third home run of the season last night before injuring himself legging out an infield single and leaving the game with the right quad strain.
Tovar was already on the 40-man roster so the decision to add him makes sense. He will join the team on Tuesday when the Mets begin a three game series with the Nationals. He hit .282 with two homers and 29 RBIs in 255 at-bats for Double-A Binghamton this season while logging 47 games at shortstop and 30 games at second base.
Tovar, 23, batted .288 with a .360 on-base percentage in 315 plate appearances this season for Binghamton (78 games and St. Lucie (5 games). He had 11 doubles, two triples, two home runs. 35 RBI and 33 runs scored. In 2013, Tovar appeared in seven games for the Mets, batting 3-for-15 with two RBIs.
Daniel Murphy will continue to start at third base with Herrera out and Wilmer Flores is supposed shift to second base according to Terry Collins.
By the way, Adam Rubin reports that Herrera will be playing Winter Ball for Licey in the Dominican Republic this offseason. He batted .220 with a .710 OPS, three home runs and 11 RBI in 18 games with the Mets this season.
