Mccann breaks bone in wrist, may miss 6 weeks

NEW YORK — Not much has gone wrong for the Mets to start the 2022 campaign.

But the first-place Mets suffered a blow on Friday when it was announced that catcher James Mccann suffered a broken bone in his left wrist and will need surgery.

The Mets projected his recovery time at approximately six weeks and he was placed on the 10-day IL. Patrick Mazeika — who became a cult favorite for Mets fans after his 10th inning heroics in the May 7, 2021 win against the Arizona Diamondbacks — was recalled from the Syracuse Mets.

The severity of Mccann’s injury was somewhat of a surprise considering on Thursday, the catcher and manager Buck Showalter expected him to be back in the lineup for Friday’s series opener against the Seattle Mariners.

Mccann was left out of the lineup the last two games of the Mets’ series against the Nationals in Washington with what the team said was general wrist soreness. He did come off the bench in Thursday’s win, and was confident enough with how his wrist felt to say that he “definitely could’ve played” on Wednesday.

But on Friday, after not showing significant enough improvement, Showalter said Mccann was sent out for x-rays “to be on the safe side,” which revealed the hamate fracture.

Kelenic sent down: Jarred Kelenic, who was once the Mets top prospect after they drafted him No. 6 overall in 2018, was sent back down to the minors on Thursday.

Kelenic, whom the Mets traded to the Mariners in December 2018, has had a rocky big league career.