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Mets activate RHP Ryota Igarashi from disabled list, send RHP Manny Acosta to minors

NEW YORK (AP) — Ryota Igarashi is back in the New York Mets ' bullpen — and Jenrry Mejia is staying there, too.New York optioned right-hander Manny Acosta to Triple-A Buffalo when Igarashi was activated from the 15-day disabled list Sunday, keeping the 20-year-old Mejia in a big league relief role.In other news, second baseman Luis Castillo was scratched from the lineup Sunday night against the New York Yankees because of a sore left foot that's been bothering him for a while. He was replaced by Alex Cora, who hit a two-run single in a four-run second inning that sent the Mets to a 6-4 victory.Igarashi immediately will be thrust into an eighth-inning setup job. The rookie right-hander from Japan had a 1.35 ERA in seven relief appearances before going on the disabled list April 21 with a strained left hamstring."It's very important for us if he can take on that position," manager Jerry Manuel said. "It'll be very critical in going forward that he handles that role for us. It's been some...

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