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Trevor May To Miss 8-12 Weeks

By Anthony Franco | May 4, 2022 at 10:55pm CDT

4:21PM: May told DiComo and other reporters that his rough timeline for a return is 8-12 weeks.

12:51PM: Mets reliever Trevor May has been diagnosed with a stress reaction in the humerus of his throwing arm, tweets Anthony DiComo of MLB.com. He’ll be shut down from throwing for at least a month.

New York placed the righty on the 15-day injured list yesterday with what was initially termed triceps inflammation. Today’s diagnosis comes with an unfortunate timetable that’ll keep him out of action for a while. Even if he begins a throwing program around early June, he’ll need some time to build up arm strength before embarking upon a minor league rehab assignment. It wouldn’t be all that surprising if May isn’t ready for MLB action again until after the All-Star Break. It seems likely he’ll wind up on the 60-day injured list whenever the team needs to clear a spot on the 40-man roster.

May signed a two-year, $15.5MM deal with New York over the 2020-21 offseason. That was a surprisingly affordable price given his excellent three-run with the Twins between 2018-20. May was an effective and durable middle innings option for former skipper Luis Rojas during his first year in Queens. Over 62 2/3 innings, he posted a 3.59 ERA with a very strong 31.2% strikeout rate.

The early results in 2022 haven’t been good, as May has been tagged for eight runs in 8 1/3 innings. He only has five punchouts, and his swinging strike rate has plummeted from 15.3% last season to just 8.4% this year. May’s fastball and slider velocity haven’t changed much, but he’s seen marked dips in the raw spin on both offerings. That has corresponded to a little less depth on his breaking ball, although May’s heater has been the primary culprit for his early poor results.

Presumably, the injury has played a key role in the drop in May’s arsenal and performance. He conceded on Monday (via Deesha Thosar of the New York Daily News) that he’d been pitching through arm discomfort since first suffering a triceps injury on April 11. The Mets are surely hopeful he’ll be back to vintage form after an extended rest period to again serve as an important high-leverage option late in the year.

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  1. Bill M

    11 months ago

    Hopefully May will be back to his old self when he returns

    Reply
    • MannyBeingMVP

      11 months ago

      May the 4th be with him.

      Reply
    • Highest IQ

      11 months ago

      Not a good May for May

      Reply
      • IndianRye

        11 months ago

        April showers bring May displacement for 3 months.

        Reply
  2. Your team should trade for Duvall. Apparently, he is a good hitter.

    11 months ago

    The Mets have been one of the luckiest teams in the sport. Humerus really!

    Reply
    • 86mets

      11 months ago

      After being one of the unluckiest for years it’s about time something went right.

      Reply
      • 48-team MLB

        11 months ago

        Mets (aka Rochester Rabbits) over Astros in 2049

        Reply
      • Your team should trade for Duvall. Apparently, he is a good hitter.

        11 months ago

        Thankfully, all the bad luck so far in the entire season was transferred into good luck in the 6th inning. What a miserable season it has been for the Braves.

        Reply
      • VonPurpleHayes

        11 months ago

        I never saw the Mets as particularly unlucky, and I don’t see them as lucky now. They’ve dealt with some big injuries, they’re just a deeply talented team. It’s that simple.

        Reply
    • davidk1979

      11 months ago

      Humorous isn’t hard to spell

      Reply
      • Your team should trade for Duvall. Apparently, he is a good hitter.

        11 months ago

        C’mon man, really?!

        Reply
      • MannyBeingMVP

        11 months ago

        He had a Freudian slip for “hubris”.

        Reply
  3. 48-team MLB

    11 months ago

    REALLY? Trevor May has been shut down for four weeks on May 4?

    Reply
    • joeyrocafella

      11 months ago

      That’s a solid correlation

      Reply
    • MannyBeingMVP

      11 months ago

      That would never happen to young Harrison Bader.

      Reply
    • carlos15

      11 months ago

      On May 4th Trevor May may miss 4 weeks.

      Reply
  4. 48-team MLB

    11 months ago

    *ROCHESTER RABBITS

    Reply
    • ham77

      11 months ago

      Why do you keep doing this??

      Reply
      • 48-team MLB

        11 months ago

        There are 57 people who work at 48-team MLB. Please bear with us.

        Reply
        • Cohens_Wallet

          11 months ago

          LMAO

      • MannyBeingMVP

        11 months ago

        It is a desperate plea for attention. Thank you for accommodating him.

        Reply
        • BobbyKidd1965

          11 months ago

          It’s one of the dumbest repetitive comments ever.

        • 48-team MLB

          11 months ago

          It’s not a comment. It’s a protest. I absolutely refuse to attend any of their games until this change is made official.

  5. Old York

    11 months ago

    4-6% increase in length of ligaments is the range you do not want to exceed or else it is going to snap. I think getting these measurements inning to inning so that way we have a better insight into how many pitches can be thrown.. It shroud be more about the measurement of the UCL than the number of pitches thrown. This could also help save the careers of some pitchers and maybe push others to the bullpen if they have electric stuff but can’t go more than 1 or 2 innings. Preventative damage control makes more sense than causing the damage and having to go through the costly surgery and recovery.

    Reply
  6. sampsonite168

    11 months ago

    It’s not gonna be May after all.

    Reply
  7. LFGMets (Metsin7)

    11 months ago

    Trevor May makes an excuse after everytime hes pitched bad. “My back hurt, my tricept hurt, that ball was foul, the umpire was bad”, the dude is a joke, just go out there and pitch and enough with the excuses

    Reply
  8. cpdpoet

    11 months ago

    Remember May as one of the Phillies “famed” Baby Aces rotation long ago….Cosart…Pettibone…?

    Reply
    • bucketbrew35

      11 months ago

      At least we can still dream on Abel, Painter and McGarry. For all the crap this farm system gets, that’s a very nice trio of arms.

      Reply
  9. angt222

    11 months ago

    May needed a stint on the IL way earlier.

    Reply
  10. C Yards Jeff

    11 months ago

    I’m confused. The headline says this Trevor guy may be out for 4 weeks. Within the context of the story, it says he may be out until after the all star break.

    Reply
    • C Yards Jeff

      11 months ago

      Thanks for the update.

      Reply
  11. davidk1979

    11 months ago

    Bring Michael Fulmer home!

    Reply
  12. Wowwwwww

    11 months ago

    Mets gonna Mets

    Reply
    • davidk1979

      11 months ago

      18-9

      Reply
  13. RunDMC

    11 months ago

    So Trevor’s gonna miss May?

    Reply
    • Bill M

      11 months ago

      Miss May’s gonna sew Trevor

      Reply
    • Yankee Clipper

      11 months ago

      It appear so. Trevor May be shut down for awhile. It’s definitely humerus, according to sources.

      Reply
  14. wright1970

    11 months ago

    May was a horrible signing from day one and i cringed every time he entered the game!!! Shouldve re-signed Loup and added Tepera etc……

    Reply
    • MannyBeingMVP

      11 months ago

      Not a horrible signing but I agree that Loup and Tepera are both better.

      Reply
      • wright1970

        11 months ago

        Manny, he has a straight fastball around 97 and has no effective offspeed pitch…Have you actually watched him this year and last year? and walks way too many batters……good riddance to him

        Reply
  15. Cohens_Wallet

    11 months ago

    Das EFX

    Reply
  16. El Cangrinaje NYC

    11 months ago

    This is absolutely Humerus!!

    Reply
  17. curtism88

    11 months ago

    Oh no!!! Now he can’t give up 3 ER in 1 IP!!! How unfortunate!!

    Reply
  18. LordD99

    11 months ago

    May hasn’t been very good this year, likely because he was dealing with a developing are injury. His loss though isn’t minor. He pitched in 1/3rd of their games so far and nearly 70 last year. He was expected to be an important part of their pen. You don’t want to over rely on someone like Ottavino at this stage of his career. Buck is good at managing pens, but he’s got to have the pieces to work with.

    Reply
  19. jim stem

    11 months ago

    I’m thinking a JD Davis trade might be on the horizon.

    Reply

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