Mets Activate Brandon Nimmo From COVID-19 Injured List

Prior to game one of Tuesday’s doubleheader with the San Francisco Giants, the New York Mets announced that they have officially activated center fielder Brandon Nimmo from the COVID-19 injured list.

Both Nimmo and Mark Canha have been on the shelf since testing positive for COVID prior to Friday afternoon’s home opener. Mets manager Buck Showalter indicated pregame Tuesday that it was possible the team would have one of or both outfielders back for today’s games.

While Nimmo remains out of the starting lineup for the first game of the set, he is officially back with the team and on the active roster. Canna, on the other hand, remains on the injured list for the time being.

Nimmo was enjoying a nice start to the 2022 season hitting atop the Mets lineup. He reached base in five of the six games he appeared in and recorded two home runs, a double, a triple, a .429 on-base percentage, and a 1.137 OPS. 

In a corresponding roster move, the Mets have optioned outfielder Nick Plummer back to Triple-A Syracuse. The 25-year-old appeared in just two games in his first stint with the club and lined out to center in his only at-bat.