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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

    3 weeks ago

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

    Reply
    • MannyBeingMVP

      3 weeks ago

      May the 4th be with him.

      Reply
    • Highest IQ

      3 weeks ago

      Not a good May for May

      Reply
      • IndianRye

        3 weeks ago

        April showers bring May displacement for 3 months.

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

    3 weeks ago

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

    Reply
    • 86mets

      3 weeks ago

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

      Reply
      • 48-team MLB

        3 weeks ago

        Mets (aka Rochester Rabbits) over Astros in 2049

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

        3 weeks 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

        3 weeks 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

      3 weeks ago

      Humorous isn’t hard to spell

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

        3 weeks ago

        C’mon man, really?!

        Reply
      • MannyBeingMVP

        3 weeks ago

        He had a Freudian slip for “hubris”.

        Reply
  3. 48-team MLB

    3 weeks ago

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

    Reply
    • joeyrocafella

      3 weeks ago

      That’s a solid correlation

      Reply
    • MannyBeingMVP

      3 weeks ago

      That would never happen to young Harrison Bader.

      Reply
    • carlos15

      3 weeks ago

      On May 4th Trevor May may miss 4 weeks.

      Reply
  4. 48-team MLB

    3 weeks ago

    *ROCHESTER RABBITS

    Reply
    • ham77

      3 weeks ago

      Why do you keep doing this??

      Reply
      • 48-team MLB

        3 weeks ago

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

        Reply
        • Cohens_Wallet

          3 weeks ago

          LMAO

      • MannyBeingMVP

        3 weeks ago

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

        Reply
        • BobbyKidd1965

          3 weeks ago

          It’s one of the dumbest repetitive comments ever.

        • 48-team MLB

          3 weeks 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

    3 weeks 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

    3 weeks ago

    It’s not gonna be May after all.

    Reply
  7. LFGMets (Metsin7)

    3 weeks 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

    3 weeks ago

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

    Reply
    • bucketbrew35

      3 weeks 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

    3 weeks ago

    May needed a stint on the IL way earlier.

    Reply
  10. C Yards Jeff

    3 weeks 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

      3 weeks ago

      Thanks for the update.

      Reply
  11. davidk1979

    3 weeks ago

    Bring Michael Fulmer home!

    Reply
  12. Wowwwwww

    3 weeks ago

    Mets gonna Mets

    Reply
    • davidk1979

      3 weeks ago

      18-9

      Reply
  13. RunDMC

    3 weeks ago

    So Trevor’s gonna miss May?

    Reply
    • Bill M

      3 weeks ago

      Miss May’s gonna sew Trevor

      Reply
    • Yankee Clipper

      3 weeks ago

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

      Reply
  14. wright1970

    3 weeks 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

      3 weeks ago

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

      Reply
      • wright1970

        3 weeks 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

    3 weeks ago

    Das EFX

    Reply
  16. El Cangrinaje NYC

    3 weeks ago

    This is absolutely Humerus!!

    Reply
  17. curtism88

    3 weeks ago

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

    Reply
  18. LordD99

    3 weeks 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

    2 weeks ago

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

    Reply

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