One of the Mets’ strengths over the season’s glorious first two weeks is suddenly looking like a major weakness.
Left-handed specialist Jerry Blevins, so integral to the Mets’ 10-3 start, will be out indefinitely after suffering a fractured left forearm — the result of a line drive off the bat of Marlins leadoff man Dee Gordon, and the team doesn’t have a replacement for him.
The initial plan is to use Alex Torres — acquired from the Padres during spring training — and Rule 5 pick Sean Gilmartin in Blevins’ role, but both have been inconsistent. The Mets called up right-hander Hansel Robles after Sunday’s game, promoting the 24-year-old who struck out 10 and allowed just six hits in 7²/u2083 innings at Triple-A Las Vegas where he had a 0.