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NL East Notes: Heisey, Mets, Phillies, Yelich, Chen

By Steve Adams | May 25, 2017 at 10:29am CDT

Nationals outfielder Chris Heisey was placed on the disabled list with what the team termed a “right biceps rupture,” per a club announcement. That’s an ominous-sounding injury for the 32-year-old Heisey, and he will indeed undergo an MRI today to learn if the injury requires surgery, as MASNsports.com’s Byron Kerr writes. As Heisey explains the injury, he’s felt on-and-off discomfort in his shoulder and biceps all season but felt an increase in discomfort in a pinch-hitting appearance on Tuesday. “I came in [Wednesday], got some treatment and tried to give it a go. I thought it would be fine,” says Heisey. “I took a swing in batting practice and actually tore my bicep tendon.” Heisey does expect to be back with the team at some point, stating that he doesn’t believe the injury is season-ending in nature. Through 50 plate appearances, Heisey is hitting just .128/.180/.213, though certainly his ongoing arm troubles may have impacted that lackluster batting line. The veteran did slash .216/.290/.446 and club nine homers in just 155 PAs a season ago. In Heisey’s place, fellow outfielder Brian Goodwin has been recalled from Triple-A.

More from the NL East…

  • The Mets have told manager Terry Collins to stop discussing injury timelines with the media, reports John Harper of the New York Daily News. Specifically, a source tells Harper that Collins was instructed not to discuss whether Yoenis Cespedes would require a minor league rehab assignment — an order that left Collins “furious.” As Harper notes, when asked yesterday about the timeline for some of his returning players, Collins informed the media: “I’m not at liberty to discuss the injury situation.” It’s been an injury-plagued season for the Mets, although as Harper points out, Collins was not the one behind the decisions to allow Noah Syndergaard to refuse an MRI or to keep Cespedes off the disabled list with his initial hamstring injury (only to land on the DL for a presumably lengthier stay upon returning to the lineup after just a few days off).
  • Ryan Lawrence of PhillyVoice.com argues that it’s time for the Phillies to bring Roman Quinn back to the Majors and see if he can produce in a semi-regular role. Other well-regarded prospects in the organization are currently blocked by younger players (e.g. second baseman Scott Kingery and first baseman Rhys Hoskins), but Lawrence opines that reducing the playing time of Michael Saunders and even giving the struggling Odubel Herrera a day off each week would allow the Phils to get Quinn into the lineup a four times per week or so in an effort to invigorate an unproductive lineup. The 24-year-old Quinn hasn’t exactly set Triple-A on fire (.245/.346/.375), but he’s heated up quite nicely after a slow start to his season. And with the Phillies having lost 20 of their past 24 games (including five straight and nine of their last 10), the team is clearly in need of a shakeup. The return of Howie Kendrick will only further muddle the outfield mix, however, and the Phils announced last night that he’s embarking on a rehab assignment.
  • Marlins outfielder Christian Yelich is confident that he can avoid the disabled list after suffering what now looks to be a minor hip flexor injury, writes MLB.com’s Joe Frisaro. Perhaps of greater consequence in the long term, Frisaro adds that there’s yet to be any discussion of Tommy John surgery for Marlins southpaw Wei-Yin Chen. Dr. Neal ElAttrache examined Chen’s left elbow recently and recommended rest as the best option for the ailing lefty. “Everybody hears ’tear’ and fears the worse, but a sprain is technically a tear,” said Marlins president of baseball ops Mike Hill. “Like, with anything, if there is an injury, you try to maintain it and give it the rest that it needs to be effective.”
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  1. bringoutthegimp

    8 years ago

    God the Mets are Mess!! NY Mess!!

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  2. SimplyAmazin91

    8 years ago

    Terry retires after this season and I think Sandy does too, both contracts I believe are up. They need new management, much younger guys at the helm like a David Stearns from Mil or a Daniels from Tex…and Jeff has to just stay out of the way and leave it to the guys who actually know baseball and medicine

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    • JP8

      8 years ago

      that’s the problem. like Snyder for the redskins…. owners never retire.

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      • metseventually

        8 years ago

        Exactly. Same for Dolan and the Knicks.

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      • layventsky

        8 years ago

        Or Jeffrey Loria, though he’s supposedly trying to sell the Marlins.

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      • Say Hey Now Kid

        8 years ago

        No kidding. It would be one thing if Wilpon had a history of good choices. For gods sake he invested the team with Bernie Madoff.

        If that doesn’t change it almost doesn’t matter who is manager or gm

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        • CelticSentinel314

          8 years ago

          Hundreds of thousands of retirees also invested with Madoff; Madoff fooled a lot of people until it was too late. But the difference between those retirees and Wilpon? Wilpon, could in general afford the losses, the retirees couldn’t. And now, he’s been using what happened with that investment as the rationale for why he can’t (more like unwilling) to spend to put a winning team on the field in one of the top 5 baseball markets in the country.

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  3. bringoutthegimp

    8 years ago

    Peter Angelo’s is only in it for the money! He’ll never pony up for Manny!

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    • dimitriinla

      8 years ago

      Well thank god he didn’t “pony up” for Chen!!

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  4. vinscully16

    8 years ago

    I genuinely feel frustrated for Mets fans. A sure sign of chaos is an attempt to ‘control the message’ – properly functioning organizations need not concern themselves with such tactics.

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    • metseventually

      8 years ago

      Owners who genuinely do not care about the product they put out. I hope Derek Jeter buys the Mets one day. Or at least someone who values winning.

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  5. jmdjr1966

    8 years ago

    Collins just cost us two games. His managerial moves are mind boggling. While he says he’s “Going by the book!” He’s missing the boat and costing the Mets games.
    Even when he is going by the book, he’s making obvious errors.

    His firing needs to happen now and should have happened already.

    Granderson should have been benched in late April.
    Ramirez faces Myers?
    Starting Syndergaard after an MRI refusal.
    Having Montero start in place of Degrom because it was rainy out.
    Not pinch hitting for Granderson Wednesday night with Reynolds who inexplicably was put in to pinch run for Duda when Duda walked. Duda should have stayed in the game and Reynolds could have pinch hit for Granderson or even Plawecki.
    Not challenging the out call when Reynolds was safe at the plate.
    Not challenging Flores 3 run homer (It was declared a double on the field) on May 10th in the ninth inning when replays show the ball hit above the orange line on the fence.

    A firing today will make the team wake-up. Someone with a pulse who doesn’t chew his own words would be a step-up for everyone.

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    • spence01

      8 years ago

      Seems Collins did a fine job when he had a healthy roster. Injuries can make a manager look like a dope.

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  6. Regi Green

    8 years ago

    Not only could the Phillies call up Quinn,but they could get Pullin up to aaa.but i think at this point they might just be trying to keep our minor league teams together and keeping them competitive.same reason they have Crawford surrounded by Journeymen,instead of promoting Kingery when Valentin went down.

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