Inside the Mets clubhouse, center fielder was fully engaged in a game of shuffleboard, gently sliding a weighted disc across the sand-dusted table. He leaned with anticipation as it neared the edge—only for it to drop into the gutter after an overly strong push.
He snapped his fingers in mild frustration, then quickly broke into his usual grin and shifted his focus back to baseball.
“I’m feeling good,” he told NJ Advance Media when asked about his recovery from a fractured tibia. “I’ve started running again and everything’s going really well.”
As he made his way back to his locker on the far side of the room, Siri downplayed the notion that he’d be sidelined for months.
“Initially, they said two months, but things are moving fast,” Siri said in Spanish. “Right now, I’m focused on rebuilding strength in my leg. I’ve already started running, and tomorrow I’ll run again, hit, and play catch.”
Siri sustained the injury on April 12 during a game against the Athletics when he fouled a ball off his shin and collapsed in pain. Days later, while the Mets were in Minnesota, manager Carlos Mendoza confirmed Siri had suffered a fractured tibia.
Before Saturday’s game against the Cubs, Mendoza shared encouraging news about Siri’s recovery.
“He’s definitely ahead of schedule,” Mendoza said. “I didn’t expect him to be running, hitting in the cages, and playing catch this soon—doing light sprints, too. We don’t have a firm timeline yet, but his progress has been quicker than I thought.”
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