Category Archives: Injuries

Carlos Carrasco is Heading to the IL with Elbow Inflammation

18 Apr

Carlos Carrasco
NYPost.com

The Mets’ starting rotation has a new casualty. Carlos Carrasco, who has struggled early in the season, was placed on the injured list Tuesday with right elbow inflammation, the team announced.

Carrasco pitched Saturday in Oakland after indicating a day earlier that he was feeling good physically. Carrasco joined Justin Verlander and Jose Quintana among Mets’ starting pitchers on the IL.

3/5ths of our starting rotation are now on the injured list and we haven’t even gotten to May yet.

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Jose Quintana Could Miss Months with Rib Injury

7 Mar

Jose Quintana
NYPost.com:

After a fairly healthy first few weeks of camp, the Mets have encountered their first injury obstacle. They will find out soon how large the obstacle will be — but it appears to be sizable.

Jose Quintana has suffered a small stress fracture on the fifth rib on his left side, the Mets announced Monday. The lefty will travel to New York for further tests, and the club has not yet released a timetable for his return. Even in a best-case scenario, Quintana is likely to miss the start of a season that begins in just over three weeks.

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This guy was pretty durable throughout his career…and then he became a Met.

Taijuan Walker’s Knee Soreness Resurfaces in Final Spring Start

5 Apr

Taijuan Walker
NYDailyNews.com:

The shortened spring training has taken at least one victim on the Mets rotation.

Taijuan Walker’s knee pain has resurfaced in the past week, leading up to his disappointing Tuesday start in the Mets’ 14-0 loss to the Nationals. He underwent knee surgery in January, and had been progressing nicely up until the final week of Mets camp.

And just like that we went from having ‘the best’ starting rotation in the league to possibly needing a bullpen game to start the season. SMH.

Mets Give Brandon Nimmo Day Off While Dealing with Stiff Neck

4 Apr

Brandon Nimmo
NYPost.com:

Brandon Nimmo’s stiff neck is the latest ailment the Mets are monitoring in these final hours of spring training. The outfielder was given a day off Monday, after dealing with soreness in the neck the previous day. He is also unlikely to play Tuesday’s Grapefruit League finale, according to manager Buck Showalter, giving him an opportunity for further rest.

“I expect him in there Thursday,” Showalter said, referring to the season opener in Washington.

The regular season hasn’t even started yet and Nimmo, a guy who has only played more than a 100 games in a season once in his career, is already ailing.

Jacob deGrom To Miss 4 Weeks with Shoulder Tightness

1 Apr


NYPost.com:

Jacob deGrom’s season is already on hold. The ace right-hander is headed to the injured list for an extended stretch, after an MRI exam on Friday revealed a stress reaction on his right scapula. DeGrom, according to general manager Billy Eppler, will discontinue throwing for up to four weeks, after which he will have to build up to pitch.

The diagnosis came less than a week before the Mets are scheduled to open their season, on Thursday in Washington. The vaunted 1-2 punch of deGrom-Max Scherzer will have to wait.

This is why I never got too excited about the vaunted 1-2 punch of degrom and Scherzer, because deGrom is just so injury-prone at this point. Now with this news I wouldn’t expected deGrom to be back before the All-Star break, if at all.