Mets' Clay Holmes won't need surgery on fractured fibula: report
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Mets right-hander Clay Holmes has seemingly avoided a worst-case scenario.
The Post's Jon Heyman reports that the Mets starter will not need surgery on his fractured fibula. It remained unclear what Holmes would need to recover from the injury, but even the right-hander believed he would avoid surgery when asked, although Holmes could not rule it out. If Heyman's report is correct, then it's good news for Holmes and the Mets.
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However, Heyman points out that the latest guess for Holmes' return is early August.
If the Mets can right the ship, getting Holmes back for the home stretch would be a bonus. When he went on the IL, Holmes was arguably the Mets' best pitcher. In nine starts, Holmes pitched to a 2.39 ERA and a 1.10 WHIP while consistently going deep into games. His shortest outing was the May 15 game against the Yankees when he pitched 4.1 innings.
That was the same night he fractured his fibula.
Holmes suffered the injury when he took a 111.1 mph liner from Yankees prospect Spencer Jones.