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Luisangel Acuna Gives New York Mets a Scare With Winter Ball Hit-By-Pitch

An offseason jolt hit the Mets when top prospect Acuña left a Venezuelan Winter League game after a pitch struck his forearm. He went down in pain and exited the inning. Reports say there’s no fracture and he was held out “as a precaution,” but even a brief delay worries a club banking on him after the Max Scherzer trade.