In the wake of Travis d’Arnaud’s elbow injury he sustained on Saturday night, the Mets placed the catcher on the 15-day disabled list after he hyper-extended his elbow.
D’Arnaud returned to New York to undergo further testing with team doctors at the Hospital for Special Surgery. He underwent an MRI on Monday in Milwaukee, and the team says d’Arnaud has a sprained left elbow.
The club recalled C Johnny Monell from Triple-A Las Vegas on Tuesday afternoon, and optioned to Triple-A Las Vegas.
Since being optioned back to Triple-A Las Vegas on May 24, Monell has hit .360/.420/.494 with a home run and 19 RBI in 24 games.
Anthony Recker was eligible to be recalled as an injury replacement, but the Mets weren’t sure if d’Arnaud would need to be placed on the disabled list when a decision needed to be made.
As for d’Arnaud, the kid just can’t get on track this season. He’s sustained two impact-type injuries which has greatly diminished his time on the field. The lineup is incredibly different when he isn’t in the lineup, so obviously this is a huge blow for an already depleted lineup and roster.
This is obviously a discussion for another day as the club tries to pick up the pieces from another significant injury to a prominent player, but here is an excerpt from a post written on Sunday, the morning after d’Arnaud was involved in the collision which ultimately sent him to the disabled list:
It will be interesting to see what the Mets ultimately do with d’Arnaud. He has grown and matured offensively over the last calendar year, but there’s no question he’s had trouble staying on the field during his professional career. A lot of these problems are impact-type injuries, and while last night’s was probably minor, it’s the third impact injury he’s had in the last four years behind the plate, and it most certainly could have been a lot worse.
If it means they can keep him on the field and healthy on an everyday basis, the Mets might want to consider the possibility of transitioning d’Arnaud out from behind the plate in the near future, or at least start to split his time at another position. It’s not something the organization has seriously considered yet, and probably not something which will happen this season. And, it could unquestionably devalue his bat if they moved him to a corner outfield position, for instance.
But the team has a lot invested in d’Arnaud – they simply cannot afford to have him miss significant time because of these injuries which seem to be happening pretty frequently with the equipment on.
Original post, 4:48 pm, updated 7:22 pm
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