Ben

Gamel

Gamel has a fractured fibula and was ruled out for the season in the middle of September. This just creates room on the 40-man roster for Ryan Gusto to start Sunday’s finale against Cleveland.

Gamel hit .247 with one home run and four RBI with the Mets and Astros this year. He’s likely out for the rest of the season and playoffs with the left fibula fracture.

No word yet on who will come up his place, but Trey Cabbage, Pedro León and César Salazar would seem to be the likely candidates. Jason Heyward will continue to get extra at-bats with Gamel sidelined.

Gamel was removed Saturday with a knee contusion, and the team will give him at least one more day to rest. The Astros will also give Alex Bregman a day off, so Jason Heyward gets a start in left field and Mauricio Dubon is the third baseman.

Gamel was hurt running into the wall two innings earlier. Jason Heyward replaced him in right field for the Astros.

Gamel provides Houston with some experienced extra outfield depth after getting into 18 contests for the Mets. The 32-year-old journeyman has logged 703 games in the big leagues dating back to 2016. He’s merely emergency organizational depth at this stage of his career.

Gamel is removed from both the active roster and the 40-man to make room for Starling Marte (knee) with Marte coming off the injured list in the corresponding transaction. Gamel will now be on waivers, and a team needing outfield depth could put in a claim for the 32-year-old.

Bader rolled his ankle earlier in the week against the Yankees, and the 30-year-old will remain out of action for Sunday’s finale against Atlanta. The outfielder is still considered day-to-day. Ben Gamel gets the start in the outfield with Bader unavailable.

Gamel will make his season debut whenever he gets into the New York lineup. He takes the roster spot of Starling Marte with Marte placed on the injured list with his knee bruise. Gamel will likely get some occasional starts in the outfield, but he’s not worth fantasy consideration at this stage.

Thompson came into camp as a non-roster invite and after he slashed .250/.308/.583 with two home runs and six RBI, he’ll stay in the Mets’ farm system as a depth option for the outfield.