Category: Injuries
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Travis d’Arnaud leaves Saturday’s game after sixth inning collision
In another game marred by defensive miscues, the Mets were dealt another injury to their primary catcher. Fortunately the news is not as bad as it originally seemed. Travis d’Arnaud left Saturday’s game in the sixth inning after being involved in a collision with AJ Pierzynski at home plate in which he hyper-extended his elbow. Pedro Ciriaco hit a…
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Jeurys Familia’s groin is better, out Saturday, perhaps Sunday too
For the third time in the last week, the Mets will be without their closer on Saturday. Jeurys Familia strained his left groin muscle in the eighth inning during Friday night’s loss to the Braves, and while he said he’s feeling better, he is unavailable at least through Saturday night’s game. There is no indication Familia…
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Jeurys Familia has tightness in his left groin
The result and the team’s play on Friday night’s game in Atlanta were bad enough, but now they have a problem with their closer and team MVP in the first half. In the eighth inning of Friday night’s brutal 2-1 loss to the Braves, Jeurys Familia entered the game in the eighth inning and appeared to…
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Zack Wheeler still on track to return by June or July of 2016
Zack Wheeler underwent Tommy John Surgery in mid-March to repair a fully torn UCL in his right elbow. It was also revealed he had a torn tendon in the same elbow, which resulted in a more complex procedure which he had said would elongate his recovery time to mid-year, 2016. On Friday afternoon in Atlanta, Wheeler…