Jared Young knocked out by McLean's knee, CT scan negative — SkimNews
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- Jared Young was knocked unconscious in the sixth inning when Mets pitcher Nolan McLean's knee struck his head as both converged on Justin Crawford's slow grounder, with Young falling face-first and lying motionless before being carted off.
- Manager Andy Green told reporters a hospital CT scan came back negative and that Young had full use of his extremities, though he was still experiencing concussion symptoms and asked 'What happened?' when he came to.
- Phillies players and Mets teammates gathered near Young after the collision, with catcher Francisco Alvarez appearing to pray, Alec Bohm taking a knee at third base, and shortstop Francisco Lindor saying 'he wasn't with us in that moment.'
- McLean remained visibly shaken but stayed in the game to record a called third strike past Garrett Stubbs before Green pulled him for reliever Tobias Myers to start the seventh, citing 'humanity hit him pretty hard.'
- Young, 31, is in his first full big league season as New York's regular first baseman, batting .266 with nine home runs and 39 RBIs across 103 games, and had already missed six weeks earlier this year with a left knee injury.
Why it matters: The Mets lose their everyday first baseman at least temporarily — Young had been producing at a .266 clip with nine homers — while the positive CT result and intact extremities suggest the franchise may have narrowly avoided a far worse outcome from the McLean collision.
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