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Green is still expected to return to the Mets’ front office after the season, president of baseball operations David Stearns said Monday, even though the team has played better of late with him in the dugout.

>Mark Vientos is back in New York after spending the last month in Port St. Lucie with a fractured hand. The first baseman/third baseman took ground balls on the field Friday afternoon ahead of the Mets’ series-opening game against the Washington Nationals at Citi Field, and he’s also been hitting as of late.

>There is no estimated timeline for a return, but the Mets said Vientos is “progressing.”

>“He spent a lot of time down there, and he’s got a great tan right now. Looks really good,” interim manager Andy Green said Friday. “Don’t have a game date for him when he’s going to start, but it’s good to see him bouncing around and taking ground balls and hitting. So he’s moving along.”

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>Fear of mass deportation has gripped New York City’s Haitian community after the Trump administration announced that federal Temporary Protected Status for thousands of immigrants expired this week following a Supreme Court ruling.

>The city’s hospitals, staffed by many TPS holders, and Haitian businesses may already be feeling the rippling effects, as people stay home, dreading what may come next.

>The decision affecting TPS, which the Supreme Court voted 6-3 along ideological lines to revoke, impacts more than 300,000 Haitians and roughly 3,000 Syrians nationwide, rendering them undocumented and no longer authorized to work in the U.S.

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>An autistic Bronx teen died of starvation and neglect — and his mother and grandmother have been charged with his murder, cops said Thursday.

>Adonis Jarvis, 16, suffered “chronic neglect, starvation and dehydration” at the hands of his mother and grandmother inside their Mott Haven apartment on E. 147th St. near Brook Ave., according to a police source. Adonis’ twin, who is also developmentally disabled, survived the neglect, the source said.

>The nonverbal teen’s 36-year-old mother, Geneva Jarvis, and 62-year-old grandmother, Denise Jarvis, were arrested Thursday morning and charged with murder following the boy’s autopsy.

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>Clay Holmes is headed back to New York to join the Mets, but he may have already made his final appearance with the team that gave him a chance to be a starting pitcher again.

>The right-hander made a rehab start with Low-A St. Lucie on Tuesday and will return to Citi Field to throw his next bullpen later this week, which would mean his turn in the rotation would come up after the Monday trade deadline.

>Still, the Mets could activate him after his bullpen, and interim manager Andy Green said he’ll have some say in the decision. How much say is unknown given the Monday trade deadline. Holmes is a top contender to be dealt, so exposing him for injury by pitching him, either as an opener or out of the bullpen, may not be in the best interest of the Mets.

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>Clay Holmes is nearing his return to a big-league mound.

>Whether that happens with the Mets or another MLB franchise remains to be seen.

>Working his way back from a broken leg, Holmes began a rehab assignment on Thursday night, throwing 51 pitches over 2.1 innings with Triple-A Syracuse.

>The right-hander gave up two runs on three hits and two walks with two strikeouts against Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, the Yankees’ Triple-A affiliate.

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>A specialist agreed with the Yankees’ team doctor’s assessment of Aaron Judge‘s fractured rib, confirming that the slugger is not ready to resume baseball activities.

>Judge underwent re-imaging Wednesday that showed his injured right rib is healing but still needs more time.

>The Yankees heard back Friday night from Texas-based Dr. Gregory Pearl, who agreed with team physician Chris Ahmad’s initial evaluation.

>“He needs to get to a point where he’s asymptomatic to where you really start ramping up more upper-body stuff,” manager Aaron Boone said Saturday, shortly after the Yankees’ game against the Los Angeles Dodgers was rained out.

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>Monday’s Bronx killing of Julia Anderson was hauntingly similar to former Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice’s father. Both of the victims were shot. And, despite the nearly four-decade gap, the two killings occurred within a half-mile of each other.

>Rice’s tragic upbringing, which he’s admitted has been plagued by “intergenerational traumas,” has gotten new attention now that Michael Foster, the man who killed the NFL star’s father 38 years ago, has been arrested again, this time for gunning down his own niece.

>Foster, 58, was ordered held without bail on Thursday for slaying 39-year-old Julia Anderson during a property dispute, cops said.

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