The New York Mets performed X-rays to Jeff McNeil’s knee after he banged it against the left field wall while making a highlight-reel catch. They turned out to be negative, which is of course excellent news, but the Mets and McNeil are not completely out of the woods yet.
The Mets will perform an MRI just to be sure but for now, the injury is being labeled as a bad bruise. McNeil caught a fly ball to the gaps hit by Washington Nationals’ infielder Asdrubal Cabrera in Thursday’s matinee. He immediately crashed into the wall and had to be removed from the game.