Struggling Mets place infielder Jorge Polanco on the 10-day injured list with a wrist contusion

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CHICAGO (AP) — The struggling New York Mets placed infielder Jorge Polanco on the 10-day injured list on Saturday with a right wrist contusion.

The move was made retroactive to Wednesday, a day after Polanco went 0 for 4 with two strikeouts in a 2-1 loss at the Los Angeles Dodgers. The 32-year-old Polanco is batting .179 (10 for 56) with a homer and two RBIs in his first season with New York.

“When doctors first took a look at him, it looked like he got hit by a pitch when he didn't,” manager Carlos Mendoza said. "In talking to him, it was just a couple of swings that he took that night. ... He didn't think much of it, but just got worse the following day.

“So you just got to let it calm down a little bit and then we'll go from there. But we don't have a timetable for how long this is going to last.”

New York lost nine in a row going into Saturday's game against the Chicago Cubs.

Polanco, who signed a $40 million, two-year contract with the Mets in December, also has been dealing with an ankle issue.

“He was trending in the right direction,” Mendoza said of the ankle injury. “It's definitely going to help, obviously now with him being shut down. But the biggest thing now is that we've got to take care of that wrist.”

The Mets also recalled catcher Hayden Senger from Triple-A Syracuse before their matchup with the Cubs. The 29-year-old Senger is batting .257 with five homers and 11 RBIs in 12 games with Syracuse.

Senger's arrival gives Mendoza more flexibility with how he uses his top two catchers, Francisco Alvarez and Luis Torrens.

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