New York Daily News

Of the ’19 season

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slump. But he did notice he’s been chasing pitches outside of the zone. Still, Cano is not concerned and will coolly approach his at-bats.

“I’m going to keep working and doing my thing and keep my head up,” Cano said. “The results are not what I want, but at the plate it feels good. I mean I’ve been in this situation before. It’s too early for me to start worrying about numbers or anything. We’re winning. For me that’s all that matters.”

Nimmo’s day off on Saturday arrived after his best game of the season at the plate. He went 3-for-4 with two runs, a double, a homer and two RBI on Friday night versus Atlanta.

Following the offensive spark, Nimmo has reached base safely in each of his last five games, batting .389 (7-18) with eight runs, three doubles, two home runs, five RBI, two walks with a .476 on-base percentage and a 1.365 OPS.

Nimmo’s output compares to a .077 (2-26) batting average over his first eight games. The outfielder’s latest at-bats are encouragin­g in an effort to crawl out of his early-season slump.

On Thursday, Callaway said infielder Todd Frazier could be returning to the Mets “any day now.” A few days later, Frazier is still progressin­g with his rehab in South Florida.

The 33-year-old is recovering from a strained left oblique sustained during the first week of spring training. In seven rehab games at HIgh-A Port St. Lucie, Frazier is moving around the diamond between third base, shortstop and first.

Frazier is hitting .192 (5for-26) with four RBI, four walks and six strikeouts in seven games with the St. Lucie Mets.

“I think he feels like he’s getting close,” Callaway said in an update on the infielder on Saturday. “And closer by each game he plays. Each day he’s playing nine innings, he’s getting more and more at-bats. Seeing more situations on defense, things like that.”

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