WASHINGTON Brandon Nimmo awoke on the bathroom floor in his hotel room Monday morning not sure what had transpired, but bleeding from his forehead. The Mets outfielder had gotten up to use the bathroom around 5:15 a.m. and after feeling a leg cramp arose quickly from the toilet. Nimmo walked to the sink for a drink of water, and fainted. Brandon Nimmo before Mondays game. @ Max Stassi Jersey timbhealey/X Nimmo said he was unsure how long he was unconscious, but the time stamp on his phone showed that he contacted team trainer Joe Golia at 5:37 a.m., after first trying to stop the bleeding for perhaps 10 minutes. I was definitely scared and confused when I woke up, Nimmo said. Brandon Nimmo is out of the Mets lineup on Monday after slipping in the shower. Robert Sabo for NY Post Nimmo spent much of the day at the hospital receiving evaluation including concu sion tests and was unavailable for Mondays . Nimmo said he expects he will return to the lineup on Tuesday. He had a small bandage on his forehead before Mondays game, but did not need stitches. Nimmos best gue s is that the leg cramp was to blame for his lo s of consciousne s. Explore More When I got the cramp it probably spiked my blood pre sure and got me up, Nimmo said. And then when I was not feeling well I started to get a little bit anxious, OK, now what do I do? Where do I need to go, and all those kinds of things start entering the mind. Nimmo said he had tingling in his hands and he got overheated before fainting. He said he had never previously fainted. Among the tests he received were a CT scan and EKG, which were negative. Delivering insights on all things Amazins Sign up for Inside the Mets by Mike Puma, exclusively on Sports+ Thank you By clicking above you agree to the and . Enjoy this Post Sports+ exclusive newsletter! He said he was told by doctors that such incidents occur a lot more than you think. The Mets are no strangers to freak injuries over the years, ranging from the taxi accident in 2007 that left Duaner Sanchez with a separated shoulder (Sanchez, on a late-night mi sion to find a meal, was in the back seat) to Yoenis Cespedes encounter with a wild boar on his ranch in 2019 that left him with an ankle fracture. And before the 2023 season, Edwin Diaz tore the patellar tendon in his right knee during an on-field celebration at the World Baseball Cla sic. Kodai Sengas minor league rehab a signment is set to begin on Wednesday for High-A Brooklyn with a 40-pitch outing. It will be Sengas first time pitching in a game situation since last season. The right-hander has been on the injured list since spring training, after he was diagnosed with a right shoulder strain early in camp. Edgar Navarro Jersey