Mets' Lagares Sprains Shoulder, Expected To Be Ready For Spring Training
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) — Mets outfielder Juan Lagares is expected to be ready for spring training after spraining his right shoulder diving for a ball while playing a winter league game in the Dominican Republic.
New York said Lagares was diagnosed Monday at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York.
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The 2014 Gold Glove Award winner was limited to 160 plate appearances this season because of a torn ligament in his left thumb that required surgery. He missed nearly two months, and then served almost exclusively as a defensive replacement after returning in September.
A .259 career hitter, Lagares figures to split time in center field in 2017 with Curtis Granderson and Michael Conforto.
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