For the first time in a year and a day, Travis d’Arnaud started a major league game on Tuesday.
It did not go as he’d hoped.
The catcher, out since last April’s Tommy John surgery, said before the game his arm was in good shape, and he proved that by throwing out Minnesota’s Max Kepler, who was trying to steal second in the top of the fourth.
That was pretty much the only highlight for d’Arnaud, as he caught Jacob deGrom’s worst start since September 2017 and was booed after three of his at-bats in a 14-8 loss to Minnesota at a chilly Citi Field.