New York Mets star shortstop Francisco Lindor has a broken pinky toe, he disclosed on Thursday prior to the team's series finale against the Los Angeles Dodgers.
He has been initially designated as day-to-day and plans to play through it, even though he was not in the Mets' lineup for Thursday's game. Lindor is hoping that he can avoid a stint on the injured list alltogether.
"Hopefully, I feel good enough to play sooner rather than later," Lindor said. "We'll see. We'll take it day by day. I trust the trainers and how they go about it."
The 31-year-old star suffered the injury when he was hit in the foot by Dodgers pitcher Tony Gonsolin's slider in the first inning, but managed to play through what he described as "a lot of pain."
"I could play, so I played through," he added, as he w