Outfielder Brandon Nimmo could appear off the bench for the New York Mets on Sunday following a notable absence.

Postgame, Mets outfielder Brandon Nimmo broke down what happened on his first-inning baserunning blunder that cost Juan Soto an extra-base hit.

One of the stranger plays (and official-scorer rulings) occurred because Nimmo listened for the reaction of the Citi Field fans, heard the disappointed groans and ran the Mets and Juan Soto into an out.

This might be the only time that you see a player rip a gapper 350 feet into the outfield grass … and not end up with a hit. But that's what happened to Juan Soto on Tuesday night at Citi Field, when Soto,

The Juan Soto-New York Mets experience continues to be a wild ride. Soto and Mets teammate Brandon Nimmo teamed up for an absolutely brutal moment on the basepaths in Tuesday’s game against the Chicago White Sox.

Soto came up with one out in the bottom of the first and Brandon Nimmo on first on Tuesday and hit a liner to right-center that White Sox center fielder Michael A. Taylor made a diving attempt to catch. Taylor trapped the ball, but Nimmo — who’d rounded second — thought Taylor caught the ball and raced back to first base.

On first base after singling in his first at-bat, Nimmo took off after Soto connected on a pitch, lining it to center field. White Sox outfielder Michael A. Taylor trapped Soto’s line drive in right-center, but the crowd’s reaction indicated to Nimmo that perhaps it was caught.

The series opener between New York Mets and Los Angeles Dodgers on Friday saw Brandon Nimmo exit early after suffering an injury.

The Mets are in wait-and-see mode about outfielder Brandon Nimmo's status for Sunday's 7:10 p.m. game against the Los Angeles Dodgers, New York manager Carlos Mendoza explained.

The Mets reached down to Triple-A Syracuse, called up Jared Young and plugged him right into the lineup against the Dodgers.