New York Mets reliever A.J. Minter leaves game with injury. Regardless, he was out of the game, which meant another reliever had to come into the game right away. And N

Then, on his ninth pitch of the inning, a cutter that fell out of the strike zone for a ball, Minter pulled his elbow in, winching in pain. Mets trainers wasted no time in visiting Minter on the mound, and after a brief moment, the veteran reliever was headed back into the dugout, his head hanging as he left.

A.J. Minter was removed from his appearance in the Mets' Saturday game against the Nationals after throwing nine pitches.