The New York Mets today announced that the club activated outfielder Michael Conforto from the 10-day disabled list and optioned infielder Phillip Evans to Las Vegas (AAA) of the Pacific Coast League. Conforto will wear No. 30 and will be available for today’s game at Washington.
Conforto, 25, hit .279/.384/.555 with 20 doubles, 27 home runs and 68 RBI in 109 games last year. He was named to the NL All-Star team. Conforto’s last game in the majors was August 24, 2017.
He was placed on the Disabled List on August 25 with a dislocation of his left shoulder and a tear in the posterior capsule in the shoulder. Conforto underwent surgery to repair the tear in the posterior capsule in his left shoulder on September 6 in Los Angeles.
“Who wouldn’t want to get in against the Nationals?” Michael Conforto says he had this date circled on his calendar for a while. #Mets pic.twitter.com/t9qzuPK57u
— Anthony DiComo (@AnthonyDiComo) April 5, 2018
At the time of his season-ending injury, Conforto ranked among NL leaders in OPS (.944, ninth), OBP (.386, 12th) and slugging percentage (.558, ninth). He was also the first Met to hit at least 25 homers in his age 24 season or younger since David Wright hit 30 homers in his age 24 season in 2007.
Conforto has hit .256/.348/.495 with 55 doubles, 48 home runs, 136 RBI and in 274 games with the Mets since 2015.
Evans, 25, was 0-3 in three pinch-hitting appearances this year.
