Metstradamus - Adductor In Plain Sight

By metstradamus | August 5, 2020 1:57 am

The fallout from the Mets various injuries on Monday night started to come to fruition on Tuesday, as Robinson Cano was put on the IL with an adductor strain. (I feel like if I wasn’t a Mets fan, I wouldn’t have ever heard of the world “adductor”, much less know that an adductor is part of a group of muscles surrounding the hip … I’m like MetMD now.) Jeff McNeil and Amed Rosario are still day-to-day with their injuries, but it was clearly enough to keep them out of the lineup on this day, since there were plenty of opportunities for them to pinch hit, but no sight of them whatsoever.

Aug 4, 2020; Washington, District of Columbia, USA; New York Mets starting pitcher Steven Matz (32) throws to the Washington Nationals during the first inning at Nationals Park. Mandatory Credit: Brad Mills-USA TODAY Sports

Steven Matz didn’t have it. Threw an off speed pitch that had no bite to Howie Kendrick which he smacked for a home run to make it 1-0 Nationals, then threw a ball that Nido targeted for the inside corner but it bled over the middle to Josh Harrison in the second which he hit to Alexandria for a 2-0 Nats lead. Matz then gave up three runs in the third to give the Mets a 5-0 lead and give me at least a little relief so that I could go watch the Rangers play a do-or-die game against Carolina.

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