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Young gets the nod to join New York’s bench for their final two regular-season contests with starting third baseman Brett Baty heading to the injured list with an oblique strain. The 30-year-old can be safely ignored for fantasy purposes. He’s batted .190 (8-for-42) with four homers and six RBI in 21 games this season at the highest level.

Not that it did him much good, but Young homered in his one plate appearance during his week on the Mets roster. He’s hit .190/.239/.500 in 46 plate appearances in the majors this season. That actually amounts to a 103 OPS+.

Young has been summoned to replace an injured Tyrone Taylor (hamstring) on New York’s bench prior to Tuesday’s showdown against the Tigers. The 30-year-old has batted .171 (7-for-41) with three homers and five RBI across 18 games at the big-league level this season.

Young got one plate appearance in 11 days with the Mets and delivered a sac fly. He’s hit .171/.222/.415 overall in 45 plate appearances for the club this season.

Young will be a bench option for the Mets after Jesse Winker was placed on the 10-day injured list with back inflammation.

Winker left the first game of Thursday’s doubleheader because of the issue. Mark Vientos will probably get some additional playing time this weekend if Winker is unavailable.

Young is back in Syracuse after the Mets activated Mark Vientos off the 10-day injured list. Young will likely be an up-and-down player throughout 2025/his career.

Mark Vientos suffered a hamstring injury on Monday night that Mets manager Carlos Mendoza said “didn’t look good.” With reports that Mauricio is coming up, it would seem likely that Vientos could end up on the injured list. Mauricio is hitting .515/.564/.818 in nine games at Triple-A with three home runs, eight RBI, and a 5/5 K/BB ratio. He missed all of last season with a torn ACL and has not yet played back-to-back games in the minors, so it’s unlikely to has an everyday role right away. He had 23 home runs and 24 steals in 116 games at Triple-A in 2023 with a .292/.346/.506 slash line and has played both second base and third base at Triple-A. With Jared Young being the primary DH against righties and Brett Baty playing third base, it seems likely that Mauricio starts off in a short-side platoon.

Young victimized White Sox’ right-hander Jonathan Cannon in the opening inning with a 367-foot (97.6 mph EV) two-run shot that gave the Mets a 4-2 lead. He also smacked a double into center off of Cannon in the third but was left stranded at third base. He’s now 2-for-8 (.250) with a homer and two RBI since joining the Mets on Saturday.

Vientos will sit out his second straight game after being scratched from Friday’s lineup with abdominal soreness. It doesn’t sound like he’s in danger of landing on the injured list, but fantasy managers should keep an eye on his status over the remainder of the weekend. It’ll be Brett Baty at the hot corner and Jared Young at DH on Saturday night in his absence.