PORT ST. LUCIE — Friends of Rusty Staub were requesting prayers for the Mets icon on Friday, as he battles kidney failure in a West Palm Beach hospital.
The 73-year-old Staub, a popular player in two stints with the Mets, has not been responding to dialysis, according to a friend.
Staub usually attends the New York Baseball Writers’ dinner each January, but was absent from the event this year because of health.
Staub suffered a heart attack in October 2015 on a flight home from Ireland and was revived by two doctors on board.