Brandon Nimmo cuts head after falling in hotel room, misses Monday for New York Mets

WASHINGTON — Brandon Nimmo found himself in a scary situation Monday morning at the team hotel in Washington, D.C.

The Mets outfielder woke up to go to the bathroom, his leg was cramping and in a flash he woke up face down in a pool of blood.

After collapsing and suffering a cut to his forehead, Nimmo spent most of Monday in the hospital undergoing tests and was out of the lineup and unavailable for the Mets’ series opener against the Nationals at Nationals Park.

Nimmo underwent a CT scan and an electrocardiogram (ECG), and both tests came back normal.

“Today is a precautionary measure,” Nimmo said. “I haven’t slept much. I haven’t eaten anything. So I don’t need to be available tonight because we don’t need this to escalate, but they’re telling me that and I have a feeling we’re going to try to get back as soon as possible.”

Nimmo said he didn’t need stitches for the cut on his forehead, which was glued shut. For the outfielder, it was a confusing and scary situation. He immediately called Mets athletic trainer Joe Golia, but the hospital eased some of his concerns.

NImmo added that he was held back as a precautionary measure without having had time to prepare for the match. He arrived less than two hours before the start of the match.

“I think we’re going to continue to monitor the situation, but right now, everything we’ve been able to do immediately after the episode seems normal,” Nimmo said. “They weren’t wrong, but they said, ‘This happens a lot, more often than you think when you work in the emergency room.'”

Nimmo believes the cramp came after Sunday’s 10-5 overtime loss to the Astros. The game was interrupted for two hours and 47 minutes because of rain. He had revived the team’s offense with his 100th career home run, finishing 3-for-4 with two runs and three RBIs.

On May 24 against the Giants, Nimmo was hit in the C-flap of his helmet by a 91 mph fastball from Kyle Harrison. Nimmo initially staggered but remained in the game. He passed all concussion tests after that game and does not believe there is any correlation between the hit from the pitch and Monday’s incident.

“I passed all the tests,” Nimmo said. “We did all the eye tracking and everything, and I was right up there with the best. There was no indication that I had a concussion before. Now, was I maybe a little timid after that? Yeah, sure, we can go back and say, ‘Maybe that’s why you had a hard time,’ but medically, there was no connection to a concussion.”