Mets third baseman David Wright will undergo surgery Tuesday to repair his injured right rotator cuff, the team announced.
He played three games for Class-A St. Lucie in a rehab stint earlier in August as he looked to return from a shoulder impingement that has kept him out since Spring Training. After experiencing more pain in his shoulder, Wright terminated the rehab.
The 34-year-old has been limited to 75 games over the past three seasons. He missed 124 games in 2015 due to lumbar spinal stenosis -- a condition in his lower back that he will forever need to monitor.