The Mets received generally promising news on the shoulder health of corner infielder/outfielder J.D. Davis. General manager Brodie Van Wagenen spoke with reporters including Tim Healey of Newsday (who provides a video on Twitter).
Davis underwent an MRI today. While the readout did identify some potential “previous injury” to Davis’s labrum, per Van Wagenen, that wasn’t deemed to be of concern. Davis “wasn’t symptomatic of anything beforehand” and the MRI “didn’t really show any new structural damage to his shoulder,” the GM explained.
Since the imaging also “didn’t show a ton of inflammation,” per Van Wagenen, Davis can begin the rehab process right away. Precisely when he will fully resume baseball activities remains to be seen; the current plan is for the team to re-assess the matter in one week’s time.
Davis says he has some aches and is “a little weak” in the shoulder, but has full range of motion and is generally “feeling alright.” (Deesha Thosar of the New York Daily News provided video via Twitter.) While he’s feeling some sense of relief, the 26-year-old is still waiting to see how he progresses before declaring victory. Fortunately, so long as he bounces back at a reasonable pace, there’s certainly still a clear path for Davis to be ready to go at the start of the season.
Hopefully he’ll be ready to go very soon he’s an impact bat
Mets stole Davis from the Astros.
Cool to see he finally got a chance for regular time. He was unable to break the infield there and didn’t get consistent ABs even though he was crushing minor league pitching.
We didn’t know the Astros object to stealing.
It can actually be quite difficult when you are so deep that you can’t get young guys ABs and have to move them. Other teams don’t have a track record to look at in valuing them so they are hesitant to give up a ton. Some times they ended up thriving elsewhere and their previous organization doesn’t have a ton to show for it. Just one of those guys who came out of his shell when given the opportunity but it happens
I understand BVW will also be speaking to the nation this afternoon regarding the coronavirus…
Cal State Fullerton Titans!
Once the labrum is mentioned it’s only a matter of time before surgery is required. This is going to keep happening to him and I’d be very wary of his 2020 production.
Or it could not affect him at all. We just have to wait and see
I don’t think he’ll be quite as good as last year, but I do think he’ll be productive again, though.