Mets call up utility player Jared Young amid Brandon Nimmo injury: Special feeling

For a Mets offense struggling to score runs and without Brandon Nimmo due to a stiff neck, the club reached down to Triple-A Syracuse, called up Jared Young and plugged him right into the lineup against the Dodgers.  Join Post Sports+ for exciting subscriber-only features, including real-time texting with Mike Puma about the inside buzz on the Mets.The move made sense considering the lefty-swinging Young started against Dodgers right-hander Tony Gonsolin. “Getting the call and making the drive in is always a special feeling,’’ said Young, who played 22 games in the majors with the Cubs in 2022 and ’23.

“It’s a good thing.It shows that they believe in the player I am and you feel like everything you’ve been doing has been for a reason.” That includes splitting last year between Triple-A in the Cardinals system and Doosan of the KBO in South Korea. Young said Saturday that after putting up a .917 OPS in 75 games with Triple-A Memphis last season, he went to the Cardinals and asked if there was a major league promotion on the horizon. When they said no, Young took an offer to play in Korea. “It was another place to play ball and a chance to play really well and show I can play at any level that I’ve been thrown at for any extended amount of time,’’ Young said of the decision to go to Korea.

“It was great.I enjoyed it.” He had other minor league offers this past offseason and chose the Mets because of the “fit” and “allure” of playing with a winning organization. Young has continued to hit right-handed pitching well with Syracuse and the Dodgers are throwing another righty, Landon Knack on Sunday. They used Brett Baty at third base on Saturday and Mark Vientos (abdomen) was out, as well as Nimmo. The move to recall the 29-year-old Young after designating outfielder José Azocar for assignment came at the expense of Ronny Mauricio, who started at third base for Triple-A Syracuse on Saturday, as the Mets build him back u...