PHOENIX -- At least reinforcements are headed to San Francisco on Thursday, although it may be too late after a rubber-game loss to the Arizona Diamondbacks dropped the depleted New York Mets back to .500.
Yoenis Cespedes, Asdrubal Cabrera and Justin Ruggiano are all due to fly to California to rejoin the Mets after completing rehab assignments. Cespedes won’t be eligible to be activated from the disabled list until Friday, however.
Meanwhile, the Mets now almost have to use Monday’s day off to skip their fifth starter. Otherwise, the next turn for Jonathon Niese comes up in Tuesday’s all-important series opener against the St.