Mets’ Blevins re-breaks arm, expected to miss rest of season

Jerry Blevins is a key part of the Mets’ bullpen, so much so that the team struggled mightily to replace him after he broke his pitching arm in April.

The lefty will likely need surgery.

Instead he’ll miss the remainder of the season and will require surgery after slipping while stepping off a curb Monday and re-fracturing the same bone.

Blevins originally fractured the bone after getting hit by a line drive in a game on April 19. He was acquired from the Nationals this offseason in exchange for outfielder Matt den Dekker. He is due to become a free agent this winter. He was brought in to be a lefty-on-lefty specialist, and his importance heightens after Blevins’ injury. In seven games with the Mets this season, he was 1-0 and hadn’t allowed a run in 5.0 innings pitched.

“It’s been a lot better, stuff has been there”, O’Flaherty said.