Mets infielder to remain at Triple-A Syracuse through weekend

Jorge Polanco will spend at least this weekend building volume at Triple-A Syracuse rather than rejoining the Mets. The veteran infielder remained on his minor league rehab assignment Friday after there had been discussion by team officials last week that Polanco might play for the Mets on this road trip.

Manager Carlos Mendoza cited the fact Polanco had only played five innings on defense in his previous game. "We have got to get him to a point where he's going four at-bats as a DH or seven innings on defense, so you won't see him here in San Diego," manager Carlos Mendoza said before the Mets earned a 5-0 shutout of the Padres.

200) on his minor league rehab assignment, between Double-A Binghamton and Syracuse.

Rehab progress Mendoza said Polanco's numbers did not factor into the decision to keep him at Syracuse. "I think it's just more the way he is taking his swing, the way he is rotating," Mendoza said, noting that he had been watching the video stream of Polanco's at-bats.

"He looks healthier when you look at the way he's rotating and staying on that back leg, which is something that we didn't see before he went on the IL. " Polanco has been sidelined since April 15, dealing with a bone bruise in his wrist, and left Achilles bursitis.

The latter injury has extended his stay on the IL.