Carlos Carrasco is still weeks away at the minimum from returning to make his Mets’ debut, per Tim Healey of Newsday (via Twitter). Jordan Yamamoto, one of the candidates to keep Carrasco’s rotation spot warm, left his start today with right shoulder soreness, per Healey. Today was just Yamamoto’s second appearance of the season and his first start. He took the loss surrendering five runs (four earned) on six hits and two walks with two strikeouts. The rotation is not the only area of concern for the first-place Mets, however…
- Kevin Pillar underwent surgery to repair his broken nose on Friday, but he could be ready for baseball activities as early as next week, per Ken Davidoff of the New York Post. Pillar suffered a gruesome injury back on May 17th, taking a direct hit from a Jacob Webb fastball. The Mets centerfield depth chart has been decimated in the early going with Pillar, Brandon Nimmo, and Albert Almora landing on the injured list. Johneshwy Fargas has been the starter in center since Pillar went down, holding his own through 18 plate appearances thanks to three extra-base hits and solid glovework.
- Nimmo, the opening day starter in center, remains out due to a frustrating finger injury that just won’t go away. “It’s been extremely frustrating, because obviously when it happened I thought this might be a few days,” said Nimmo, per Zach Braziller of the New York Post. A rehab assignment was shut down when pain returned, and Nimmo and the Mets continue to wait for the finger to be pain free before sending him out on another assignment.
(Starts naming entire roster)
Injured list*
You don’t like yourself? You troll
I understand that the Mets will probably not be in first for long but it’s funny how some people here that the said the Mets sucked and won’t win will think that that their prediction was right just bc of the nest whole roster getting injured. Some people here also tried telling me teams have had as bad as the Mets and that’s also gave me a huge laugh! I still think we will win the division but it will take longer now and it will be harder…
Braves taking the NL East
Maybe. If they do I’ll blame it all on missing most of our players for what will probably be like a month worth of the season!
Do you even realize the Mets are not the only team missing key players due to injuries?
Do you not realize none one in the east come close to the Mets when it comes to getting hurt by injuries???? I wish the Mets had the Braves injuries!
I understand why your happy but your making it seem like the Mets have a 10 game lead which they don’t.
Do u realize they are missing just about their entire starting lineup, half their rotation,, half their bench, and key bullpen guys? No one in MLB even compares with the injuries they have right now. Literally not close.
While I applaud your dedication to your beloved Mets…please…please stop whining about this injury or that injury…you have an excuse for everything. It is what it is….and I will give you that so far…and I repeat…so far injures have bitten the Mete probably…and I do mean probably more then any other team…but seriously..what happens if the Braves or Phillies suffer the same number of injuries further into the season? I’m curious what your excuse will be then. Anyone can say at the beginning of the season their team looks like the team to beat at that point but that’s why they play the season….you never know what will happen. We are thru less then a third if the season…there is plenty of baseball to yet be played….anything can happen.
Hmmmm…Marlins lost Marte, Jazz, Anderson and Alfaro (ahem, half their lineup). They lost Sixto and Elieser (2/5ths of their rotation.
And last year we lost 2/3rds of our roster.
Hmmmm…
@MetsFan22 If the Mets had the Braves injuries, they would be without deGrom (Soroka) for the majority of the season. They would have a healthy lineup, but the Mets lineup hasn’t been all that great anyway.
We can bemoan the Mets IL losses all we want without the need for someone else coming in and saying “whatabout” this team or “whatabout” that team. The Mets have a ridiculous amount of players injured. It’s not a competition for Christ’s sake.
Brave have lost games due to injuries also.
Blaming the injuries/replacements would be pretty silly being those players pushed them into first place
Mets will be fine- as they regain health they will smoke the rest of the division.
Its kinda a crap shoot. Seems likine year of the injury and a lot of rosters are getting wiped out. Its going to come down to healthiest team not the best team.
Coming down to the deepest rosters.
I think you could have used 1 more “Also me ” in that post
Interesting post from @MetsFan22 and a couple of his brethren.
Let me see.
Mets are 21-19 after 40 games and the excuse for the faltering is the injuries.
Hmmmm….
Last year, Marlins played 60 games, in which they lost 2/3rds of their roster. They had to beg teams to send over their garbage just to fill a roster. They also had to play guys that were not MLB-ready. There were no excuses. The Marlins made the playoffs despite being said to suck…despite being called “Bottom Feeders”…despite a certain non-swinging scrub saying that playing without fans in the stands was like playing in Miami…despite a certain poster saying that “even in 60 games, the Marlins would finish 15 games out of fourth place; 20 games out of first.”
Hmmmm….
Marlins stood strong for 60 games, with no excuses. Mets have only played 40 games so far, and we hear excuses.
Hmmmm….
In other news….
It sure was fun seeing Villar and Yamamoto do what they did to get booted off the Marlins…but this time they were not wearing our uniforms.
Two wastes of talent.
@MetsFan22 The Mets have been hit hard. No one can deny that. But I will say, Realmuto, Sixto Sanchez, Soroka, Gregorious, Strasburg….I can go on and on. Some big names in the NL East have been banged up. All these teams are underperforming, and ALL of them have significant injuries. The Mets have more of them for sure, but I’d argue every team in the NLE has had crucial injuries. Also, the Mets have bench players outperforming the injured guys they replaced. I know this won’t last longterm, but in the shorterm it’s pretty impressive and exciting. Mets pitching has been phenomenal.
The point isn’t who is injured it is the sheer absurdity of the amount of injuries. Mets have 17 players on the IL, 1 active injury, and playing with 4 players who have made their MLB debut this week.
No other team in the NL east or MLB has even 14.
Mets injured list includes
6/8 of their starting 8
3/5 of their starting rotation
3/8 of their bulpen
3/5 Bench players hurt.
Name 1 Team even close to that?
Oh and one other thing, Teams have hit the Mets with pitches more than any other team dating back to 2017, Most of which were Philly pitchers. Nice to also see MLB doing absolutely nothing in that regard.
Now you’re thinking people are hitting Mets players on purpose? Yes. The whole world is against the Mets and no one else. Please. MLB doesn’t have to do anything. I’m sorry Pillar got hit in the face, but that was a horrific accident. You know what wasn’t an accident? Conforto purposely leaning his giant elbow paid into a pitch. I could say the Mets get hit a lot because they crowd the plate and lean into pitches, but that would be equally as ridiculous as the nonsense you just spouted. Mets fans complaining about injuries and making excuses is tired. I definitely feel for the Mets, and I know there are plenty of good Mets fans, but there’s certainly a sad bunch of excuse makers on these posts.
There is No point, the games go on, nobody feels sorry for another teams injs, especially today-
Adversity; embrace it, don’t build soft pillows to fall on before the ship actually sinks- That sh%ts weak
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What would they do? none of the pitches were intentional. It happens
If it’s not about quality, more about quantity – as of today’s MLB Injury Report:
NYM: 18
SEA: 17
LAD: 16
SD: 14
MIN: 13
PIT: 13
CHC: 12
The Mets probably lead in war sent to the IL. So I don’t know what your trying to say!
Career or 2021 WAR? Because I’m not sure Carrasco/Thor/etc are going to have much of 2021 WAR. deGrom, sure, but if we’re being honest here, the IL is a blessing for all your positional players except Nimmo (and even his .465 BABIP points to a rabid decline). I think you signed Taijuan Walker and traded for Carrasco just to bemoan when they inevitably went on the IL.
@RunDMC
You mention today’s report, but conveniently want to ignore the injuries others have suffered previously? When you do that, this is why we are calling you Mets fans out as a bunch of excuse makers.
The Marlins have had key injuries from the get-go, and you’ve not seen me on here making excuses for them.
And the same was the case last year when the Marlins had that Covid disaster (2/3rds of the roster gone – more than the Mets loss now).. The Marlins played and made the playoffs in 60 games. Your fan base is making excuses for faltering in 40 games. Look at that. 20 less games and less players loss than last year’s Marlins, and you see faltering and you all are making excuses.
It gets tired when all of our teams have dealt with key injuries. And quite frankly, it’s a cop out considering that the Mets weren’t playing well before the wave of injuries. The best game the Mets played against the Marlins so far was with your current roster because the Mets clearly were in danger of being swept in that first series against the Marlins in NY (Ron Kulpa saved you).
Just watch the games and see where everything goes. We’re all dealing with key injuries in the NL East. Just watch, and if your team fails, give respect to the team that succeeds. You want people to respect your team? Stop making excuses and give respect to the other teams.
@MarlinsFB — I’m a Mets fan…? lol. My comment was a reply to a few comments about the amount/quantity of injuries trying to give those a small snapshot that it’s league-wide.
I don’t know how you could look at the lineup and starting pitchers the Mets are putting out their and say the Mets haven’t by far had it the worst. Our IL team would win 80+ games. And I’m laughing out here to bc their is a marlins fans saying his team even comes close to what the Mets have suffered this year.
Trout is out- think about that
I’m a big Pillar fan now. He has been nothing but straight class since that scary incident. He has every right to be upset and angry and all that, but has just been pure class and assuring the pitcher it was an accident and holds no grudges.
Mets fans, hope he comes back soon and rakes for you. Pure great sportsmanship. (Independent brewers fan here)
He reminded us of Wilmer. It’s clear he just likes this team.
He has always been a treat to watch and cheer for, just pure determination and hustle. Light on skill, but few Players have his drive and willingness to sacrifice
I’ll trade Yamamoto fpor a bag of balls
Considering NYM spent $1 on Cameron Maybin, only to slot him in 3rd in the batting order a few days later – that may be too high of expectations. A new official MLB ball is at least $20.
Maybin batting 3rd just shows how many regulars are out with injuries!!
Yamato is complaining of soreness now too
Braves taking the nl east cause they beat the pathetic pirates? Their pitching is terrible!
Their bullpen has been terrible..Their starters started off slow, but have actually been among the game’s best since they’ve turned it around…
Sooo, try again..
Look at the Braves pitching recently. Fried has done well since coming back from injury. Morton has looked better too. Their offense has been hitting homers all year. In my mind, this is still the best team in the NLE, but the Mets pitching has been out of this world. And while the offense rarely scores more than 4 runs, the pitching rarely give up more than 4. Right now, I see the Braves taking the division, the Mets right behind them. The Marlins in 3rd. The Phillies in 4th. Nats in 5th.
Mets pitching has been out of this world with 3 key relievers and 3 key starters hurt (not to mention Carrasco, Syndergaard.)
Braves are facing the weak part of their schedule. Mets get that shortly and
Degrom back tuesday.
FanoSports4, finally someone speaking facts!!
The Mets faced a fairly weak schedule early on as well, and they took advantage like good teams should. Mets most impressive series this year was taking 2 out of 3 fron Atlanta. That was huge! Looking forward to seeing who gets hot. So far, no one really has. What’s the longest winning streak in the NLE this year? 6?
Also helps when NYM first series (vs. WSH) was rescheduled later in the year when they’re healthier, not including a 0-0 suspended game vs. MIA to be resumed 8/31. 4 games vs. divisional opponents moved months down the road seems pretty fortunate to me.
Von, dont forget the Mets have taken 6 out of 9 games so far from the Phillies and at a time when the Phils were playing their best ball
@wright1970 First off, the Mets are a better team than the Phillies. Never said otherwise.
Secondly, the last series the Mets played the Phils, the Phillies were without Harper, Realmuto, Gregorious, Segura and Archie Bradley. An injured Harper and Realmuto came back for the final game of that series, but they weren’t the same. In fact, they’re both still hurt and Harper is still sitting out games. And Realmuto was finally put on the IL. Now, I could go on multiple threads and make excuses about that like MetsFan22 or I can just admit that the Phillies aren’t that great and their depth is worse than the Mets.
@rundmc. I agree. Those game should’ve been made up ASAP. Pretty much everybody else has been playing these ridiculous 7 inning double headers.
Isnt there any big hitters like Joey Gallo Alderson can Get?
Or Bryant?
@Dan Hunter no one is trading a big bat in May. Everyone is in the playoff hunt right now.
One more note. Jared Kelenic hitting 5-37 135 avg. maybe going to the Mariners was the end for him.
*Noted – 37 career abs for JK
LOL you keep hoping bud, learn to cope.
nimmo might as well say his mangina hurts and he can’t play right now
Maybe a bruised finger might be bad? I’m pretty sure Mr. Snarky doesn’t understand how bad injured fingers feel. Or he believes that Nimmo is faking due to losrojos being a losculo
What Players can the Mets get who can hit or they WILL be in last place by Junes end?
While I applaud your dedication to your beloved Mets…please…please stop whining about this injury or that injury…you have an excuse for everything. It is what it is….and I will give you that so far…and I repeat…so far injures have bitten the Mete probably…and I do mean probably more then any other team…but seriously..what happens if the Braves or Phillies suffer the same number of injuries further into the season? I’m curious what your excuse will be then. Anyone can say at the beginning of the season their team looks like the team to beat at that point but that’s why they play the season….you never know what will happen. We are thru less then a third if the season…there is plenty of baseball to yet be played….anything can happen.
So, we have @MetsFan22 and @Dan Hunter on here at the same time. Can’t wait to see statements that go wrong.
They started off wrong in the article. Nimmo was in left for their first game not Smith. Easy mistake since the optimal lineup would have smith in left and nimmo in center.
Adam Jones is old but probably better than Maybin offensively
And Bartolo Colon in his I think mid 40’s is better than Yamamoto. Lol
MLB NEEDS TO EXPAND THE 40 MAN ROSTER TO 45: All these Injuries on Them; teams didn’t play Many Spring Training Games & These players are getting Hurt because they Only played 60 Games Last Year.
Nimmo, Conforto, Syndergaard seemed to get hurt plenty before the 60 game season. Pillar got hit in the face with a baseball. Walker has injury history too. Players get hurt. It happens. Sorry the Mets are banged up, but we don’t need a major rule change.
Mets do need to fire their training staff, how the hell does Conforto and Mcneil blow opposite hammies? Clearly they have no clue what they are doing (regarding the non-fluke injuries)
You are 100% correct MLB doesn’t need anymore (ridiculious) rule changes. If they need a rule change it’s that the umpires are relieved of their duty and we can go to drones to track action and make accurate judgement calls or hire umpires that have two working eyes worth 150k a year w their crazy benefits for being wrong 20% of the time.
VonPurpleHayes, cmon man you are better than this! Most posters on here just hate the Mets and have no objectivity but you and Darkside i respect even though you are Phillies fans lol. the only 2 regulars not hurt are McCann and Lindor (both hitting .200) Conforto and Thor arent injury prone but Nimmo is sure! Degrom,Carrasco, Thor, Walker missing in rotation…and Lugo our best reliever. What other team is even remotely close to being this injured?? Answer is Nobody not even close….rebuttals??
Conforto i dont consider injury prone but Nimmo AND Thor are injury prone. Even before the mets got him on the Dickey trade he was getting hurt a lot. He was always the biggest question mark on the rotation on if he could stay healthy he would be dominant. Listen to most of the discussion on his upcoming free agency regarding his health.
I am a mets fan and even im not that jaded on thor. 25 games started for him is a win.
@wright1790 Oh I agree, this is a sucky situation for the Mets, but I’ve been on this side of this of the coin before. My point was, MLB doesn’t necessarily need to change any roster rules here. What’s happening to the Mets is unfortunate, but there’s no conspiracy here. It happens and it’s brutal, but from what I’ve seen the Mets are still playing great ball. They’re doing what they do, pitching gems and trying to scrape out wins. They played 2 series really banged up. They won one. They lost one. The Braves series win was absolutely huge. I just don’t understand why Mets fans are moaning and jumping off cliffs. If the Mets go on to lose a bunch of games in a row, then sure, I get it. But honestly, as crazy as it sounds, Mets are playing exactly as they have before the injuries. And quite frankly, injuries happen. They’re going to happen all year. Star players are going to miss chunks of the season. While the sheer number of Mets injuries seemed staggering, other teams are going to get worse news. TJ surgeries…etc. It’s May. deGrom is pitching this week. The Mets will be fine. So far they are staying afloat.
NYM has 1 more on their injury report than SEA and 2 more than LAD, which includes Betts, Bellinger, Seager, Pollock, Dustin May, Graterol, Knebel, Gonsolin, Jimmy Nelson — and they just swept 1st place Giants.
True.
Von, i never said that roster rules should change just to clarify
@wright1970 No you didn’t because you’re a smart, reasonable Mets fan. The comment about the rules was for Mets1536 who suggested something be done. And I’m not saying they aren’t smart and/or reasonable, but I do think that suggestion was ridiculous, but Mets fans are understandably frustrated right now.
The Mets have been ravaged by injuries like no other team. This is a fact. MetsFan22: “Marlins Fan Base” (still a hilarious moniker describing one person) is just out to tick you off, kid. Just ignore him like everyone else does. He won’t be running his mouth anymore when we’re 150 games in.
Mets need to rehire Ray Ramirez at least Mets fans will have someone to blame for this mess.
si.com/mlb/2017/10/03/ray-ramirez-fired-new-york-m…
Mets fan here, I won’t be jumping on the injury band wagon. The Mets have won 2 pennants and 3 division titles since 86. We have had a dysfunctional organization for quite some time. Injuries are part of the game, and the “next man up” mantra should be applied. What I will say is that regardless of how this year plays out, I already feel as if we have won the WS, pennant and division crowns, for one reason and one alone…. The Wilpons are gone!!! Have a great day my fellow Mets fans!
Amen to that, and considering they’re still in 1st with all those injuries, this could be a good year. NOW is the time for one of the NLE teams to make a run and push ahead of the pack, but so far nothing. Just imagine when the Mets get only Thor and Carrasco back. That’s an insane couple of additions, then when their entire friggin offense is off the DL, there might be some fun times in Queens.
Just imagine when the other NL East teams get healthy. Or is getting healthy only acceptable for the Mets?
The Wilpons aren’t completely gone. They still control SNY the Mets TV network and retain a 5% Ownership interest in the Team and most of their FO and manager has been retained. So the dysfunctional Organization is still in place. Same Old Mets.
I know what the problem is here with all of these Mets fans making excuses. It’s that they spend the whole season (every year) boasting how their team is so much greater than every other team, then when the season started, they saw that they, once again, weren’t as good as advertised, so they needed an out from their boasts. Luckily for them, the injuries came in, so that is the excuse this year. If it wasn’t for that, it would’ve been another year of “the Mets aren’t playing up to their potential” fiction.
Here’s a concept. Stop boasting about how great your team is so you don’t feel the pressure of being ridiculed when your predictions fail like nearly every season, then you don’t have to look for excuses. You don’t see that boasting garbage from the other NL East fan bases, so that’s why we don’t have to give the excuses like your Mets fan base has to every single year.
There’s a thing called humility. Learn about it…especially when your team historically finds ways to fail or show how inept they are.
Do this, and you’ll never have to search for another excuse ever again.
Marlins fans are the worst. Both of them.
We could never be the worst. Remember, your fan base has @MetsFan22 and @Dan Hunter – the masters of prediction fails.
I am beginning to question a LOT about Mets manager Rojas, his moves and his lineups.
Yes, he is scrambling just to pencil in 9 players, many teams are, but the use of his pitching staff is inevitably going to blow it up.
If it wasn’t for Reid-Foley and Gsellman, I think they would all be exhausted. Pulling Stroman after 89 pitches with a 3-1 lead was downright stupid. It also cost the Mets a win 4 pitches later and probably lead to the loss the following day. Remember those 2 games as well as deGrom starting
a low A game on Thursday (an off day) instead waiting 3 more days and starting Sunday.
I just don’t think you can give away games in May just because it’s May, not in this division and not to a team within the division.
I’d rather have seen deGrom go 4 or 5 against the Marlins on Sunday instead of Yamamoto (following a ridiculous ‘bullpen game’) than be pushed back to face the Rockies at home 3 days later.
And for the record, I’d love to know what the new hitting coaches are doing differently for Lindor, McCann, Smith, Peraza, etc because they all look even more lost at the plate.
@jim stem
You are spot on, Rojas even with a depleted roster with the Mets puts Maybin in the lineup batting THIRD?! A guy who was hitting in the low hundreds in Cubs minors this year and is now 0-16.
At least put Nido there?
But hold on because reality doesn’t apply in today’s world I just saw articles for Rojas as manager of the year???
I am a long time Mets fan so get used to this rhyme
Francisco Lindor 0-4
Again Lindor with a throwing error not the first this year?
Myself and others posted lets just see if he can play in NY?
He will start hitting when the Mets are our of it