So once again the decision makers at the New York Mets have
decided rather than allow players to go on the disabled list to recover
properly from injury they will voluntarily play shorthanded and handicap the
already challenged manager.
Take Yoenis Cespedes.
When his quad injury occurred, they figured they would ride it out. He missed 9 straight days from the time he
left early, then missed another game the following week and is on the shelf
again now. Doesn’t it seem reasonable to
think that had he been given the 15 days in a row off when the injury occurred
that he would be healed and in playing shape by now?
Then there’s Jose Reyes.
Has anyone had an intercostal muscle strain? It’s quite painful just sitting and doing
nothing ,let alone playing sports at the professional level. Every time your torso twists it feels like a
knife slicing into you, but the Mets feel a day or two of rest will make
everything all better. Did they tell him
to rub some dirt in it and get back out there? According to various online sources on recovery:
"The recovery time for a muscle strain in the ribs can take around two weeks for a mild strain, three to four weeks for a moderate strain, and up to eight weeks for a severe strain. Even if there is a muscle tear, these injuries usually don't take longer than eight weeks to heal. Your doctor may advise no lifting or strenuous activity for a few weeks. Also, bed-rest or quiet rest in a chair may be required. During the time, you may need anti-inflammatory medications (Ibuprofen) and muscle relaxers to relieve muscle spasms."
The only silver lining to this one is that Wilmer Flores (remember him?) is finally getting some at-bats.
"The recovery time for a muscle strain in the ribs can take around two weeks for a mild strain, three to four weeks for a moderate strain, and up to eight weeks for a severe strain. Even if there is a muscle tear, these injuries usually don't take longer than eight weeks to heal. Your doctor may advise no lifting or strenuous activity for a few weeks. Also, bed-rest or quiet rest in a chair may be required. During the time, you may need anti-inflammatory medications (Ibuprofen) and muscle relaxers to relieve muscle spasms."
The only silver lining to this one is that Wilmer Flores (remember him?) is finally getting some at-bats.
Now the torn thumb ligament of Juan Lagares was also
magically supposed to heal with a few days of rest and therapy. In this case they did allow him to go onto
the DL, but rushed him back. Surprise,
surprise, he’s back on the DL again.
Hey, no one likes to send a player under the knife for surgery when it
spells the end of his season, but you have a long term investment in the man
and you’d think they’d want him healed as quickly as possible rather than
having him play through it and perhaps exacerbating the injury.
So tonight look for an all-lefty outfield of Michael
Conforto, Alejandro De Aza and Curtis
Granderson as the team has pretty much no one else except occasional outfielder
(and fellow lefty) Kelly Johnson to trot out there while they again play
shorthanded. Could we see Jose Reyes
make his talked about but never happened debut in the outfield? Nope, he’s on the shelf, too.
Come to think of it, going into this game Skipper has a
bench of the aforementioned Johnson, a catcher and Brandon Nimmo. Is it any wonder the team can’t win?
6 comments:
Stop the pipe dream, sell cespedes, colon, reed, etc. have no pieces to make competitive deals, so deal to restock for next year.
I agree with Anthony. Time to sell...but they won't
Wait. You're not blaming all the injuries and the lack of reinforcements on Terry? I'm SHOCKED. SHOCKED
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Im not saying sell but don't trade prospects this yr. Let the season play out and come back next year with a healthy team and a stronger farm system,with Rosario, Smith etc closer to the majors.
No, injuries are not the manager's fault. Benching the hottest hitter to play inferior ones -- THAT'S the manager's fault :)
I am tired watching this team not score. Tired of it.
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