The Mets have placed Starling Marte on the 10-day injured list, with the placement backdated to September 6. Marte’s IL stint opens a roster spot for prospect Mark Vientos, whose promotion was reported earlier today.
Marte hasn’t played since Tuesday, when he suffered a partial, non-displaced fracture in his right middle finger after being hit by a pitch by Pirates righty Mitch Keller. New York delayed in placing Marte on the IL in the hopes that he could recover enough to return to the lineup without an extended absence, but Marte still seemed very limited in terms of baseball activities. Newsday’s Tim Healey wrote prior to Friday’s game, Marte only “participated lightly in pregame drills” without any throwing or swinging.
The veteran outfielder will now get a full week off to recuperate, though given the nature of the injury, it isn’t a given that Marte will spend only the minimum amount of time on the injured list. The Mets surely don’t want to rush Marte back and risk further injury, which would then possibly put Marte’s availability for the playoffs in question. While the Mets are in a tight race with the Braves for the NL East title, the Mets are basically a lock to reach the postseason as at least a wild card team, and Marte will be a big part of any push throughout October.
Through 505 plate appearances, Marte is hitting .292/.347/.468 with 16 homers. This translates to a 134 wRC+, tying the career-best mark Marte posted just last season. Marte was named to his second All-Star roster earlier this summer. It has been an immediate impact for Marte in Queens, and the Mets’ four-year, $78MM free agent deal with the outfielder back in November currently looks like one of the winter’s wisest investments.
Tyler Naquin has taken over in right field in Marte’s absence, and it seems likely that the left-handed hitting Naquin and the right-handed hitting Darin Ruf will work in a platoon until Marte is able to return. The two trade deadline acquisitions have pronounced splits over their careers, and for 2022, Naquin is hitting .264/.329/.495 in 228 PA against righties, while Ruf has slashed .224/.329/.455 in 167 PA against southpaws.
Max S – I’m not going on the IL. Goes on the IL
Marte – He is not going to the IL. Goes on the IL
It is like the Mets want to keep their fans happy for at least a few more days before announcing the true outcome.
Or they want to see the full extent before making a decision. Can’t think of a team that doesn’t do this
That is my point. Max should have not said he will not go on the IL. That gave the fans hope he will make his next start. Instead, they later announced he will miss 1-2 starts. He should have not said anything other than how he feels currently.
Who cares? Even if you believed what he said, it should have been obvious that it was a possibility.
The Mets have been doing that for years
You are 100% spot on. The Mets let noise get to them every year. They’re just trying to save face in the headlines.
Mets going make excuses with why they blew the division lead now
They already know the excuse, that weirdo trumpet guy who is now a Met fan, but in reality couldn’t give two ****s about them and just like that they gained him more fame and money.
The big issue is they wrote the Braves off and didn’t do a lot at the deadline; not realizing there core players could be gone end of year and this was a good chance to go deep into the post season.
They are a good team but will most likely loose 2-3 starters; their closer and starting center fielder which will be hard and costly to replace
Braves are on an absolute heater right now. Mets are still playing very well, they didn’t blow the division, braves just took it. Mets have still been a top 5 NL team since the all start break
I personally don’t think they wrote the Braves off. Instead, they wanted to value their system a little more and not make big trades (trade their top guys) at time where they didn’t technically need to. They were playing very good baseball all season.
But I do agree with the latter statement. People overlook that fact that some of their good players (Nimmo, deGrom, Bassit) are going to be free-agents. Fans mindset is Cohen can buy whoever they want, but that does not work anymore – the Padres are right there for you to pick apart. Plus, the Marlins will be better, Phillies will probably be better next season, the Braves are the Braves – they will not dominate the East like they have this season – at least it is fair to assume it will be hard to do that again.
Will be interesting to see how much money Cohen ends up flinging around this offseason. They’ve got huge decisions with deGrom, Diaz, and Nimmo. None of them are going to be cheap or give a discount. That doesn’t even take into account actually ADDING new talent to the team. Tough spot to be in lol
*Completely forgot. The whole schedule changes actually makes next season truly unpredictable.
I think those three will be resigned. DeGrom will get something similar to what Durant just got for his four-year extension. Diaz will get something like 5/$100M . Nimmo could get 8/$200M+. The Mets will probably pick up Carrasco’s $14M option even though he won’t lock it in with 170 innings. Bassitt and Walker may both get QOs but I don’t think the Mets will make them offers beyond that. They’ll want to try to extend Alonso and McNeil as well. I don’t see how Cohen can keep the payroll under $300M next year especially considering Canó is still on it.
Get your hot takes from
Seinfeld now?
Haha, it was more of a snarky comment, but I’m sure some fans buy into that too.
He actually said it, and I think he believes it too
Injuries are inevitable.
LOL
A real man would cut the finger off and keep playing. The Mets are just soft. They have no business claiming any affiliation to New York. Move the team to California where being a pansy is just a part of daily life.
I’d rather have all my fingers than worry about some guy named “SliderWithCheese” calling me soft.
You sound tough.
This guy 100% cries and calls his mom when he has a hang nail.
Actually I call yours
Easy mute
The days of Ronnie Lott are long gone, my friend.
Slider, Jim Abbott threw a no-no with one arm…Don’t see the harm in being down just one finger..You might be onto something. Just hack it off.
Mets are faltering big now, am curious Marte was stealing bases like mad last season, were the mets holding him back?!
They got off to a rough start in their 16-game stretch against teams way under .500 but are back to .500 at 4-4. Before this stretch started, I said they needed to win a dozen of them. Though that’s still possible, I think ten wins will keep them in good shape. That last series against the Braves will be huge. If the Mets win at least one of those games while matching the Braves in other games before the series, they’ll put themselves in a position to end up tied. Since there are no more Game #163s, the Mets would have the tie-breaker.
I’m certainly not calling anything here as I believe the Braves and Mets and not the Dodgers are the two most complete teams headed to October, but….. how hilarious would it be if the Braves division lead lasted one day period? Personally, that would be the absolute best thing since 1986.
National League only. The Astros are really good even if the pitch com is a series of trash can thumps