Clay Holmes hopeful he’ll avoid surgery with Mets in injury crisis

Source: New York Post

Clay Holmes knew by the time he left Friday’s game in the top of the fifth that he likely had a fractured leg, having experienced a similar injury with the Pirates in the spring of 2020. “I wasn’t too surprised when the X-rays showed it,’’ Holmes said Sunday as he stood in the Mets clubhouse with a boot on his right leg — a result of the 111-mph comebacker Spencer Jones got him with on Friday that will sideline the right-hander for months with a fractured fibula. Holmes said he’s been told surgery is unlikely, so his timeline for a return will largely be dictated by how quickly the bone heals.