Mets manager Terry Collins believes infielder Wilmer Flores isn't healthy enough to play after watching him in Friday's game, MLB.com reports. Collins could give Flores up to a week on the bench to recover to a point where the manager feels Flores can be effective.
"He tells me he's feeling OK," Collins told MLB.com, "but I'm not sure he can pivot like he wants to on that front ankle. He plants that front foot and he hits against it. In the one at-bat, he almost fell down. I just think it's causing him more problems and, again, he wants to play. ... But we also have got to be careful we don't hurt him in a situation where we lose half the winter trying to rehab his ankles."
Flores has hit .219/.266/.301 with one home run and 11 RBI in 73 at-bats.