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Mets Place Justin Verlander On Injured List

By Steve Adams | March 31, 2023 at 4:55pm CDT

March 31: The Mets have now officially placed Verlander on the IL and recalled Megill, per Tim Healey of Newsday. The move is retroactive to March 28.

March 30: The Mets announced that they will place right-hander Justin Verlander on the 15-day injured list with a “low-grade teres major strain.” According to the team, Verlander “will continue throwing at moderate intensity” and be reevaluated in a week. They’ll provide a further update at that time. Righty Tylor Megill will be recalled from Triple-A and take Verlander’s spot in the rotation for the time being, tweets Anthony DiComo of MLB.com.

The 40-year-old Verlander’s velocity was down in his final outing of spring training, but the team hadn’t hinted at any type of injury until today’s out-of-the-blue announcement. General manager Billy Eppler tells the Mets beat that Verlander first reported discomfort last night and had an MRI this morning (Twitter link via Newsday’s Tim Healey). Verlander himself said he was working through some things that he initially attributed to routine spring discomfort (video link via DiComo). However, when he felt continued discomfort into his final bullpen of spring training and “connected the dots” with his decreased velocity in his most recent spring outing, he decided to get checked out.

Until next week’s follow-up MRI, it’ll be impossible to know just how long Verlander might be sidelined. He’s voiced confidence that it’s minor in nature and said he’d pitch if this occurred during the postseason. That’s encouraging, but even a brief absence is notable.

The Mets are already without one of Verlander’s fellow offseason signees, left-hander Jose Quintana, who will miss upwards of half the season following a bone graft procedure to remove a benign lesion from his ribcage. Quintana’s injury pushed sixth starter David Peterson into the rotation, and they’ll now already be tapping into Megill, their No. 7 option, before a single inning of their season has transpired.

Verlander lost the 2021 season to Tommy John surgery and not only returned in 2022 but improbably stormed back to ace status at age 39, winning the American League Cy Young Award on the heels of a 1.75 ERA over 175 innings. He punched out 27.8% of his opponents against a masterful 4.4% walk rate, averaging 95.1 mph on his heater along the way and generally looking like his typical, dominant self. That brilliant comeback prompted the Mets to make a two-year, $86.66MM offer, matching the annual value on the record-setting contract they’d given to co-ace Max Scherzer.

Assuming Verlander’s absence indeed proves brief, he’ll still be expected to pair with Scherzer and give the Mets two of this generation’s most accomplished arms atop the starting staff. Still, it’s surely a gut-punch to a team that moved on from now-former ace Jacob deGrom largely for durability reasons in recent years. Verlander can be placed on the IL retroactive to March 27 — three days is the largest backdating permissible under MLB rules — so he’ll be shelved for at least the first 12 days of the season.

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Comments

  1. bjhaas1977

    2 months ago

    Here we go!

    Reply
    • retired/advisory role

      2 months ago

      Go where? Where we goin?

      Reply
      • Treehouse22

        2 months ago

        Darn shame.

        Reply
      • chs1902

        2 months ago

        To the IL??????

        Reply
      • Jack5102

        2 months ago

        To the IL????

        Reply
      • Bart Harley Jarvis

        2 months ago

        https://youtu.be/tpKCqp9CALQ

        Reply
    • Buzz Killington

      2 months ago

      This is why the Braves are better.

      Reply
      • DCartrow

        2 months ago

        Uh, Fried left in the 4th inning today favoring a hamstring

        Reply
        • Braveslifer

          2 months ago

          DC, how much are the Braves paying Fried?

      • harrycracks 77

        2 months ago

        Phillies are better until they arnt. NL CHAMPS

        Reply
        • SaltLakeBrave

          2 months ago

          Problem for you is, the Phillies aren’t better. The new playoffs are a joke. The Filthy‘s should never have been in the postseason last year.

        • bronxmac77

          2 months ago

          Yes. They should have.

        • GopherPA

          2 months ago

          When people say that x team shouldn’t have made the playoffs, I always wonder where you draw the line. If we still used the pre-1994 system the Braves wouldn’t have made the playoffs in 2021.

        • VonPurpleHayes

          2 months ago

          Problem for you is the Phillies were better in the playoffs in 2022. The Mets lost to one of the teams the Phillies beat. It would be different if the Phillies had an easier path. They didn’t. 2023 is a new season and nothing from last season matters. Get over it

        • stymeedone

          2 months ago

          and he was still SAFE!

        • bronxmac77

          2 months ago

          Not nice to poke fun at choking victims, boss.

        • Cohen's _Wallet

          2 months ago

          Correct me if I’m wrong here but if everyone is answering SaltLakeBrave, and SaltLake is a Braves fan bashing the Phillies, how is this becoming a Mets thing? Just curious, unless SaltLakeBrave isn’t a Braves fan I’m getting confused here.

        • bronxmac77

          2 months ago

          I believe they’re all arch-rivals. But not St. Louis Arch rivals.

        • bronxmac77

          2 months ago

          Those playoffs hurt, eh?
          Like a pair of pliers to a pair of gonads, eh?

        • bronxmac77

          2 months ago

          1968. Tigers & Cards. Best vs best.
          Then MLB decided to go for TV revenue.
          Then more. Then still more. And here we are!

        • astros_fan_84

          2 months ago

          1968. The year of the pitcher, which lead to the lowering of the mound and the DH. An interesting year to say the least. But also more than 50 years ago.

        • bronxmac77

          2 months ago

          True. But the convo started with someone referencing the older playoff systems… With less teams. I merely continued the train of thought.

      • vtadave

        2 months ago

        Yep Braves have all healthy guys like Fried, Soroka, Wright…

        Reply
    • BPax

      2 months ago

      Mr. Cohen, quick, sign Bartolo Colon to a massive, multi-year deal!

      Reply
      • Curly Was The Smart Stooge

        2 months ago

        Blow, blow, blow the (old) man down…
        Who’d a thought?

        Reply
    • Very Barry

      2 months ago

      We have seen this before. Verlander out for 2 months! Father Time remains undefeated!

      Reply
  2. joseselmer

    2 months ago

    Here we go!

    Reply
    • CaptainJudge99

      2 months ago

      That didn’t take long.

      Reply
  3. RyanD44

    2 months ago

    Just the Mets being the Mets!

    Reply
  4. Saint Nick

    2 months ago

    Mets gonna Mets

    Reply
  5. Milwaukee-2208

    2 months ago

    Anyone who thought this roster construction was good by Cohen, doesn’t know baseball. Two 40 year old pitchers anchoring your rotation isn’t the way you build a roster Stevie. No matter how much cash you toss at them.

    Reply
    • Benjamin101677

      2 months ago

      I agree with you the Mets didn’t do major upgrades. They spent alot on money and on injury prone players. In my opinion the Mets are kinda doing what the 2021 giants did and run the same team from 2021 out in 2022. We saw that didn’t end well for the Mets. Currently; the 2023 didn’t make any huge upgrades from the 2022 team that ran out of steam. With the current line up I could see the Mets missing the playoffs all together

      Reply
      • avenger65

        2 months ago

        What players aren’t injury prone from 20 to 40? All you have to do is read the headlines of almost every article posted on this sight. I like the fact that Cohen is so eager to win that he spent a fortune this off-season trying to get there. The problem is, he seemed to go for names instead of positions. It would have helped if he listened to a baseball man to help guide him in what players to pick. For example, signing seven big name pitchers while neglecting 3b because they don’t have big names doesn’t add up to a winning team.

        Reply
      • Roll

        2 months ago

        @Benjamin

        Name me one free agent high end starter that was not injury prone this past offseason … then remember the mets needed 3 starters Regardless if you viewed megill and peterson as rotation pieces or not you will need atleast 2 starters for depth in the minors and the mets lost 3 top starters in Degrom, Bassitt, and Walker.

        Reply
      • Tigers3232

        2 months ago

        @Benjamin, in 14 seasons Scerzer has started 30 or more games 11 times, then 2 seasons with 27 and 23 starts. The third being Covid. He has been anything but injury prone.

        As for Verlander in 16 seasons 13 have been 30 or more starts. One season with 28 and another with 20. He injured UCL in 2020 and missed remainder of season and 2021. Aside from Tommy John Surgery, Verlander to has been an absolute workhorse. The notion that the 2 are injury prone is absolutely laughable.

        Reply
        • sfes

          2 months ago

          You’re talking reason to trolls. Despite the fact that Cohen is trying to donwhat the Dodgers did. They bumped the payroll up 100M 10 years ago to try to win while they rebuilt the organization. It’s a long term plan. Oh yeah and JV has a minor injury and his and Max’s careers are the picture of health and consistency.

        • bronxmac77

          2 months ago

          They’re… old. In all that time you mentioned, they were getting… old.

    • manfraud

      2 months ago

      One of them is coming off a Cy Young season and the other posted a 2.29 ERA (yes 145 innings but still). They have the depth to account for minor injuries like this

      Reply
    • Buzz Killington

      2 months ago

      Exactly!!!

      Reply
    • LFGMets (Metsin7)

      2 months ago

      @Milwaukee-2208 I’ve literally been saying this for months now and people have been thinking I’m crazy, I guess I was right again

      Reply
    • Ignorant Son-of-a-b

      2 months ago

      Eppler is over his head. That GM has to go if Cohen wants to win.

      Reply
      • drasco036

        2 months ago

        Eppler? You mean the Mets 30th choice? He did an amazing job with the Halos though, perineal division champs and World Series contenders.

        Reply
        • bronxmac77

          2 months ago

          🙂
          Shohei the money!

    • jyosuckas

      2 months ago

      Coming from a Brewers fan, that’s rich. Maybe they should move since your owner is too cheap to spend. Remember the Braves, they hightailed it out of there, maybe another owner and market will spend.

      Reply
    • drasco036

      2 months ago

      All I’m going to say is that if you’re spending 300 million dollars, Dan Voglebach shouldn’t be your DH.

      Reply
    • OriginalDodger

      2 months ago

      I agree with this. Ridiculous money for two 40 year old pitchers, albeit HOF pitchers and putting them as your 1+2. I don’t blame Verlander or Scherzer at all. It falls on Steve Cohen thinking about ticket sales and marketing over long-term stability in the rotation

      Reply
  6. Fever Pitch Guy

    2 months ago

    This is sad news, but not surprising. No matter the age, all pitchers are constantly at risk for injury. Clearly MLB should take a look at this trend, as it wasn’t like this years ago.

    Reply
    • RemoveManagerWinsFromTheRecordBooks

      2 months ago

      And you provided nothing to dispute it so who’s the dumba$$

      Reply
      • bronxmac77

        2 months ago

        He’s got you on the special characters, chief.

        Reply
  7. RayKingsThickThighs

    2 months ago

    Whats a “low-grade teres major strain”

    Reply
    • bravesiowafan

      2 months ago

      For real never heard of this before I’m sure we aren’t alone

      Reply
      • RayKingsThickThighs

        2 months ago

        They called it a low-grade which makes me think it’s something minor but then say major strain which makes me think it could be a big deal so I’m now confused

        Reply
        • Brew88

          2 months ago

          .,..then there’s jumbo shrimp

        • Attystephenadams

          2 months ago

          The muscle is called the Teres Major. It’s a minor strain of that muscle. It’s below the shoulder.

        • ButchAdams

          2 months ago

          Teresa major is the name of muscle. It’s not saying major strain

        • avenger65

          2 months ago

          I think my brother dated her in high school.

        • sfes

          2 months ago

          They didn’t call it a major strain. That’s the name of the muscle.

    • harrycarey

      2 months ago

      Still trying to figure out how low grade and major get put in description, seems oximoronic

      Reply
      • showmebb

        2 months ago

        Teres Major is the name of muscle.

        Reply
        • Altuve's Buzzer Cheat Device

          2 months ago

          Abbot and Costello routine in the making?

    • Ma4170

      2 months ago

      Muscle near the scapula

      Reply
    • Pads Fans

      2 months ago

      Teres Major injuries result in pain and difficulty with activities that require sideways or backwards movements with the arm. Isolated tears of the teres major are quite uncommon, but may occur in baseball or cricket players, especially pitchers and bowlers.
      https://www.physio-pedia.com/Teres_Major

      Reply
    • Winslow Leach

      2 months ago

      It’s caused by banging a hot wife.

      Reply
      • Sid Bream Speed Demon

        2 months ago

        Picking up too much heavy breast,

        Reply
    • S_man_2014

      2 months ago

      isn’t this the same injury Degrom had last year during Spring Training?

      Reply
      • websoulsurfer

        2 months ago

        DeGrom had a stress reaction on the right scapula. Same area, but the Mets said that deGrom’s injury was to the bone, not the muscle.

        Reply
        • websoulsurfer

          2 months ago

          Just read that deGrom’s injury, while to the bone, “is caused by repetitive stress on the muscles that are pulling on the shoulder blade bone”.

          Sounds like it may just be the same injury. Ruh, roh.

    • VegasatNights

      2 months ago

      Teres Major injuries result in pain and difficulty with activities that require sideways or backwards movements with the arm. Isolated tears of the teres major are quite uncommon, but may occur in baseball or cricket players, especially pitchers and bowlers

      Reply
      • Latino Heat

        2 months ago

        Steal comments much ?

        Reply
      • drasco036

        2 months ago

        I strain mine a lot from working out. It’s a little painful, makes it hard to take dee breathes but not very limiting and it heals relatively quickly.

        Reply
      • Bart Harley Jarvis

        2 months ago

        Pace bowlers or spin bowlers?

        Reply
    • deGrom Texas Ranger

      2 months ago

      Asian parents are probably asking why it wasn’t a high grade instead.

      Reply
  8. getrealgone2

    2 months ago

    You can’t make this stuff up.

    Reply
    • phenomenalajs

      2 months ago

      A top Mets’ pitcher getting injured or people being confused by a minor Teres Major strain?

      Reply
      • utah cornelius

        2 months ago

        All the damn injuries, not just on the Mets, across baseball.

        Reply
      • Sideline Redwine

        2 months ago

        Not all of us know everything, as apparently you do. Thus we ask questions.

        We just strive to be as brilliant as you. (Insert eyeroll)

        Reply
  9. Brick 7

    2 months ago

    Can you say Rotator Cuff… Curse of the Orange and Black And Blue Strikes Again?

    Reply
    • rememberthecoop

      2 months ago

      It’s not rotator cuff. This is a muscle below the shoulder blade so I’m not thinking rotator cuff.

      Reply
      • Melchez17

        2 months ago

        As an internet doctor, let me give you my prognosis…. They might have to remove that Teres Major and replace it with part of the Gluteus Maximus muscle.
        Thus, it will forever be known as “JV surgery”.

        Reply
  10. casorgreener

    2 months ago

    Let’s go Astros!!!

    Reply
  11. MannyBeingMVP

    2 months ago

    Verlander, Quintana, Diaz and counting.

    Reply
    • Benjamin101677

      2 months ago

      Diaz hurt the worst in my opinion as the fear factor of that late inning bullpen is totally gone. Not a Mets fan but Diaz did have a great home entrance song

      Reply
      • avenger65

        2 months ago

        That’s what gets to me the most. Sure, Diaz is out for the season. But has anyone shed a single tear for poor Timmy Trumpet, who will also miss the entire season? Time to pass the hat.

        Reply
  12. cpdpoet

    2 months ago

    As a career Mets hater, this is tough even for me.
    Want the NL East slaughter to happen on the field, not the IL….Hopefully this injury is not a bad one….?

    Reply
    • Ma4170

      2 months ago

      Muscle strain near the scapula so hopefully just a few weeks?

      Reply
      • VonPurpleHayes

        2 months ago

        At 40 years old, every minor injury could be major. Hoping for the best here.

        Reply
        • YaySports

          2 months ago

          Especially ones that come with a loss of velocity. Doesn’t mean it’s serious but he’s lying saying he’d be pitching if it was the playoffs.

        • rememberthecoop

          2 months ago

          I’m guessing the loss of velocity could be due to Verlander slightly backing off on how hard he throws because of the discomfort.

      • Pads Fans

        2 months ago

        “Most of these injuries heal without the need to operate, and most players are able to return to play within three months”

        https://www.rehabmypatient.com/shoulder/teres-major

        Reply
        • bronxmac77

          2 months ago

          Three months, eh?
          Nov-Dec-Jan… ;>)
          Apr-May-June… ):=O

  13. SeñorTortas

    2 months ago

    Woof

    Reply
  14. geg42

    2 months ago

    That’s a $4MM IL visit

    Reply
  15. VonPurpleHayes

    2 months ago

    Honestly this only happened because of Curly’s posts.

    Reply
  16. AllAboutBaseball

    2 months ago

    That’s what the Mets said about deGrom a “minor” injury and he missed a whole year.

    Reply
  17. 86mets

    2 months ago

    Scherzer will follow him to the IL after todays game. Oblique injury. Again. Mark my words. While I hated the Wilpons, Cohen is spending WAY TOO much on aging stars. $86 a year for two 39/40 years olds? Really?

    Reply
    • VonPurpleHayes

      2 months ago

      Everything you’re saying is true, but the good news for Mets fans is that the financial hit won’t stop Cohen from spending more money.

      Reply
      • itsallbravesnation

        2 months ago

        The Mets have depth. We had injuries last year and won 101. Aside from Diaz, we are deeper. I still think we can win over 100.

        Reply
        • VonPurpleHayes

          2 months ago

          I think you logged into the wrong username, bravesnation.

        • Sid Bream Speed Demon

          2 months ago

          Had depth. And wrong user name.

        • Latino Heat

          2 months ago

          You’re on fire today von

        • bronxmac77

          2 months ago

          He actually typed ‘death’. Fooking auto-correct.

        • itsallbravesnation

          2 months ago

          VonPurpleHayes. Nope.. Long time Mets fan since ’83. The NL is the Braves’ division until we can beat them. I respect the heck out of that organization (aside from the international draft pick cheating scandal). Been watching them own us most years since Dale Murphy roamed the outfield…
          Things are changing though!

    • sfes

      2 months ago

      When will fools get a grip and realize that means nothing to Cohen? Its a long term plan. Dodgers added 100Mil+ to the payroll 10 years ago to stay competitive while they rebuilt the organization. He’s trying to do what they did, and frankly more owners should be doing what the Mets, Pads, Phillies, and Rangers are doing. These rich jagoffs won’t open their books while they collect millions and crap on their fans, ie Cincinnati. Their fans deserve better.

      Reply
      • bronxmac77

        2 months ago

        Where do you get off calling a bunch of turds ‘fools?’

        I agree though. Cohen should buy the NY Jets. and sign Lamar Jackson AND Aaron Rodgers.

        Reply
    • Ma4170

      2 months ago

      I know the age doesn’t help w injury risk, but we’re seeing all pitchers can get hurt, and can be a total fluke. Look at max fried, Joe musgrove, severino (though he’s always hurt). I just never got the logic that degrom was more of an injury risk than JV, when JV missed all 2020 and 2021 w TJS, and degrom missed half of 2021 w arm issues and 2/3 of 2022 w scapula issue. Before that he was a rock, so that whole logic never made sense to me. They all get hurt unfortunately.

      Reply
  18. cbraves

    2 months ago

    It has begun!!!

    Reply
  19. Astros2017&22Champs

    2 months ago

    Its called the teres major fellas. Nothing to do with severity

    Reply
    • cleonswoboda

      2 months ago

      I had that same injury some years ago. I think most of the cases surgery isn’t necessary,all I had to do was rest it which was a literal pain since I couldn’t sleep on my right side without it hurting like heck.

      Reply
  20. Minneapolis Dollar Pocket

    2 months ago

    Mrs. Verlander must be devastated.

    Reply
    • Ducey

      2 months ago

      I think Kate Upton will be ok. She can take a holiday or buy a new mansion or country or something.

      Reply
    • rememberthecoop

      2 months ago

      If she’s looking for volunteers to take his place sign me up!

      Reply
  21. Bluemarlin528

    2 months ago

    The perfect fill in for DeGrom

    Reply
    • deGrom Texas Ranger

      2 months ago

      Jon Arson Heyman was calling deGrom a part-time pitcher, though, in spite of him having more innings the last 3 years than Verlander. Take that NY media! Some fans are actually as bad as journalists, but they certainly don’t makeup for all the writers and social media fans hoping deGrom got injured.

      Reply
  22. Braveslifer

    2 months ago

    2 yrs/$86.67M (23-24)

    Reply
  23. Tingles

    2 months ago

    Uh oh.

    Reply
  24. marshmallowman

    2 months ago

    mets are the cowboys of the mlb. all media hype, zero results

    Reply
    • VonPurpleHayes

      2 months ago

      With their new owner, that comparison is more appropriate than ever. Still, let’s not count them out because of one (hopefully) minor injury.

      Reply
      • rememberthecoop

        2 months ago

        That’s real currency he’s spending. Hype would be if he was talking about spending but was not doing so. Your Phillies spend “stupidly” too (reference to Middleton’s infamous comment).

        Reply
    • deGrom Texas Ranger

      2 months ago

      As a constantly disappointed Cowboys fan, I agree.

      Reply
  25. Jake1972

    2 months ago

    I told a Phillies fan that the biggest bust this season will be the Mets…

    Reply
  26. ButchAdams

    2 months ago

    Weren’t met fans the ones talking the most crap about texas signing degrom? How’s his replacement working for yall? Degroms opening day starter, verlanders on IL

    Reply
    • bronxmac77

      2 months ago

      deGrom*
      Not DeGrom.

      Reply
      • websoulsurfer

        2 months ago

        DeGrom if it’s used at the start of a sentence. If it’s used in the middle or end of a sentence, then deGrom.

        Reply
        • Minneapolis Dollar Pocket

          2 months ago

          “The ‘de’ is properly an internominal (between names) rather than a forename/given name or a surname/family name. ‘De’ strictly means ‘of’, so Jacob of Gromm.” It is neither correct nor incorrect to use the Americanized De or de.

        • websoulsurfer

          2 months ago

          In a sentence in English, it’s a capitalized D if used at the beginning of the sentence.

          It’s a Dutch name (Germanic), not a Latin one so the “de” means “THE”, not “of”. Jacob the Grom, not Jacob of Grom. DeSmid means the smith.

          When using a Latin or Spanish name in a sentence, the “de” would not need to be used at all regardless of placement in the sentence. Just the “Grom”

          Here is a great guide for that. https://libguides.dickinson.edu/

        • C Yards Jeff

          2 months ago

          The Grom had a rough day today.

        • Minneapolis Dollar Pocket

          2 months ago

          Emily Dickinson?

          I taste a liquor never brewed –
          From Tankards scooped in Pearl –
          Not all the Frankfort Berries
          Yield such an Alcohol!

          Inebriate of air – am I –
          And Debauchee of Dew –
          Reeling – thro’ endless summer days –
          From inns of molten Blue –

          When “Landlords” turn the drunken Bee
          Out of the Foxglove’s door –
          When Butterflies – renounce their “drams” –
          I shall but drink the more!

          Till Seraphs swing their snowy Hats –
          And Saints – to windows run –
          To see the little Tippler
          Leaning against the – Sun!

          The editor and/or senior educated monitor of the jurisdiction is my guide.

        • Ignorant Son-of-a-b

          2 months ago

          I am the walrus, goo goo g’joob

        • bronxmac77

          2 months ago

          deGrom

        • VonPurpleHayes

          2 months ago

          He did, but he got run support for the first time of his career.

        • bronxmac77

          2 months ago

          Excellent discourse. De ‘deGrom’ I was aiming at was in deMiddle of deSentence. I always capitalize deFirst word in deSentence.

          deEnd

      • deGrom Texas Ranger

        2 months ago

        Virtually everyone else who’s name starts with De spells it with a capital D. I love seeing that deGrom K/BB ratio, but I saw 3 strikeouts and 1 non walk that shouldn’t have been. 7/0 K/BB should be 4/1

        Reply
        • JPopp9

          2 months ago

          Those were also some of the weakest hit XBHs Ive ever seen. He wasnt at his best but there was also some bad luck involved.

        • bronxmac77

          2 months ago

          I get the deStuff. But it looks dumb on the uniform. Names on the back are always ALL caps. Like Van der Wal. (damn Good Hitter) We all know that only one letter is usually capped. but the ‘de’ stitching always looked like a six-year old drew it on there.

          Shake yesterday off, d. Your skipper is a hall of famer. You’ll bounce back.

  27. Smacky

    2 months ago

    Mets are the undisputed world champions of breaking pitchers. Amazing!

    Reply
    • ChuckyNJ

      2 months ago

      The Mets have never been world champions of anything other than Murica, F#&k Yeah!

      Reply
  28. clrrogers

    2 months ago

    I majored in teres in college.

    Reply
  29. Mr MacPhisto

    2 months ago

    Ouch! NY teams having all sorts of issues with injured pitchers. It’s a big part of my 2023 MLB predictions which still have each club making the postseason but as wild cards rather than division winners.

    Reply
  30. Monkey’s Uncle

    2 months ago

    His name is Megill, he calls himself Lil, but everyone knows him as Nancy…

    Reply
    • andyklngnbrgr

      2 months ago

      Not sure he’s the girl of anyone’s fancy though.

      Reply
      • Monkey’s Uncle

        2 months ago

        I’ll ask him… he’s in the next room at the hoedown

        Reply
    • Winslow Leach

      2 months ago

      I thought it was Desmond. The that took the trolley to the jewelers store.

      Reply
    • Captain Dunsel

      2 months ago

      It’s pronounced Throatwarblermangrove.

      Reply
  31. Sliderwitcheese

    2 months ago

    The division is there for the Marlins to take.

    Reply
    • VonPurpleHayes

      2 months ago

      Max Fried just got hurt too. Please cancel all NLE games today. It’s a bloodbath.

      Reply
      • Smacky

        2 months ago

        Yep. Time to cancel the World Baseball Classic!

        Reply
        • avenger65

          2 months ago

          VonPurpleHayes: That’s putting it in the right perspective. While Mets fans are standing on ledges over Verlander,the Braves lose Fried. It’s a game of attrition. Whichever team has the most healthy players in October has the best chance to win.

        • bronxmac77

          2 months ago

          The Mets fans were standing on the ledge over Diaz.
          Verlander has a pigeon pecking at their feet.
          When Scherzer pulls a lat/oblique/quad muscle, they’ll slip on bird doo.
          Whoops!

  32. Robrock30

    2 months ago

    Lol Mets,

    Can’t even get to opening day and they are dropping like flies.
    2 SP down, no closer, and no depth either.

    Need Butto to start games next.

    Reply
  33. Robrock30

    2 months ago

    I was waiting for this shoe to drop. I watched Verlander pitch Sunday velo was down to 91 and his control was poor walking 6 batters in 4 innings. He was injured as I suspected.

    Reply
    • VonPurpleHayes

      2 months ago

      So he looked in playoff form?

      Reply
      • Robrock30

        2 months ago

        Mets are in disaster mode and they haven’t made it to opening day yet.

        Reply
      • Robrock30

        2 months ago

        VonPurpleHayes,

        He was struggling vs a AA Marlin lineup with an away ST roster.

        Reply
        • VonPurpleHayes

          2 months ago

          Haha. Missed my joke, meaning he’s not great in the playoffs.

        • Robrock30

          2 months ago

          Yeah I got it the 1st time

        • Latino Heat

          2 months ago

          Apparently you didn’t if you had to comment again

        • Ignorant Son-of-a-b

          2 months ago

          So if you get the joke, you’re not supposed to comment? I didn’t know that was an unwritten rule on the comment boards.

        • Latino Heat

          2 months ago

          He didn’t get the joke

        • bronxmac77

          2 months ago

          Yeah, I heard you the first time, Ike. $500 to the Ace!

        • bronxmac77

          2 months ago

          Rules here? No, there’s no rules, here.

        • Robrock30

          2 months ago

          Latino Heat,

          VonPurpleHayes and JackStrawb are inside my “circle of trust” so when I state that I understood the joke about Verlander being in playoff form I should have commented such earlier so as to avoid the ambiguity to you.

        • Latino Heat

          2 months ago

          If you had to comment you obviously didn’t get the joke. Let it go it’s okay it went over your head no big deal

        • bronxmac77

          2 months ago

          Yanks had Verlander on the ropes last year. They pulled a George Foreman and punched themselves out.

        • VonPurpleHayes

          2 months ago

          Robrock’s a good egg. He got the yolk.

        • Robrock30

          2 months ago

          VonPurpleHayes,

          Laughing with you but laughing at the other guy lol

        • bronxmac77

          2 months ago

          You obviously get your underoos in a bunch over trivial sheet, son. This is a conversation amongst grown-ups. Don’t you have homework?

          Run along now. Spit spot.

  34. utah cornelius

    2 months ago

    I’m not a Mets fan. I’m a baseball fan. And this just sucks. All these SP injuries on the NY teams just suck. It weakens the product, it weakens the game.

    Reply
    • Ducey

      2 months ago

      I dunno. There is something poetically satisfying when an owner tries to buy the stairway to heaven only to find out that its not that easy.

      Reply
      • ChuckyNJ

        2 months ago

        Don’t believe any hedge fund billionaires want to hear a whole lotta Led Zeppelin, not even on Opening Day.

        Reply
        • bronxmac77

          2 months ago

          Not a whole lotta love.

  35. Rsox

    2 months ago

    “Welcome back to Major League Baseball, sort of.”

    Reply
    • Minneapolis Dollar Pocket

      2 months ago

      It’s the day that hope no longer springs eternal. Gaaa.

      Reply
  36. Pads Fans

    2 months ago

    He never topped 91 in his final outing. That doesn’t seem low grade to me.

    Reply
    • YankeesBleacherCreature

      2 months ago

      Perhaps he was trying to work through it and not trying to further aggravate the discomfort which we now know is a strain. It’s about building up in ST after all.

      Reply
  37. nitnontu

    2 months ago

    I think this is the 3rd player to have this injury in the last few days. Cleveland’s Triston McKenzie’s injury was described as a “strain of the teres major muscle in his throwing shoulder” with an expected shut down of at least 2 weeks, and as long as two months!

    Reply
  38. Alexander

    2 months ago

    Best pitching rotation in baseball.*

    *over the age of 36

    Mets gonna Met.

    Reply
  39. RetroBeers

    2 months ago

    So much dumb conversation regarding Verlander and Scherzer this off-season. Yes, they’ve been relatively “durable” thus far throughout their careers. That is meaningless now. All that means for 2023 is more wear and tear and mileage on the clock as they go into their 38 and. 40 year old seasons. The music has to stop sometime.

    Reply
  40. jvent

    2 months ago

    Maybe sign Harvey, Archer or Keuchel on a minor league deal

    Reply
    • avenger65

      2 months ago

      Keuchel, definitely. He’s only one dfa away from setting the major league record.

      Reply
      • bronxmac77

        2 months ago

        Keuchel should sign a one-day Astros contract, so he can get dfa’d by his original club.

        Reply
    • Gwynning

      2 months ago

      Is Dylan Bundy warm yet? Tbh, I would have liked that AAA depth signing for my Pads.

      Reply
      • deGrom Texas Ranger

        2 months ago

        They would rather resurrect Ted.

        Reply
  41. bobg529

    2 months ago

    When does football season start?

    Reply
    • kellin

      2 months ago

      who cares.

      Reply
      • deGrom Texas Ranger

        2 months ago

        100 upvotes here

        Reply
        • kellin

          2 months ago

          Glad to see Im not the only baseball fan who thinks football is dumb.

  42. Benjamin101677

    2 months ago

    The way baseball is set up now with the 3 wildcard teams it is more about just get in than have to win a division. Scherzer and Verlander are both old I was thinking to myself this week that the Mets need to plan on skipping both of these starters several times during the year to keep them fresh.

    I will agree with other comments that Cohen spent a lot of money this season but didn’t necessary make the team a lot better. Basically the Mets swapped Degrom for Verlander and a got a different catcher.

    It’s a long season for sure but on paper the Mets aren’t a powerhouse team that has a fear factor depth roster like maybe Atlanta has

    Reply
    • VonPurpleHayes

      2 months ago

      That’s not totally true. We’ve seen one season of this new format. The NL WC team saw success. The AL WC teams got bounced quickly. I actually think the new format, while adding an extra team, ensures that WC teams have a harder path. Time will tell, but one season is not enough to make any claim one way or the other.

      Reply
  43. bobg529

    2 months ago

    So when does football season start?

    Reply
    • bronxmac77

      2 months ago

      For the Jets? Never.
      Go Big Blue!

      Reply
      • ChuckyNJ

        2 months ago

        “Mr. Retro Freak” Mike Lupica and “Mr. Dumb Sports Fan” Mike Vaccaro say hi.
        (Columnists on barely-breathing NYC tabloids).

        Reply
      • Latino Heat

        2 months ago

        The New Jersey giants are going to finish third in that division yet again

        Reply
        • bronxmac77

          2 months ago

          Still better than the Jesters.

        • Latino Heat

          2 months ago

          Who? Not better than Philly or Dallas. Maybe on par with the Washington football team

        • bronxmac77

          2 months ago

          Philly, probably. Dallas will implode.

  44. justinkm19

    2 months ago

    Karma for all of the deGrom negativity.

    Reply
    • deGrom Texas Ranger

      2 months ago

      Yes!!!

      Reply
  45. LFGMets (Metsin7)

    2 months ago

    I already predicted this once the Mets signed him. 95% of the people on this site have no idea what they are talking about when it comes to the Mets. Since day 1 I’ve talked about how bad the Eppler signing was, the Verlander signing was a complete waste of money for a 40 year old pitcher who missed about 1 and a half seasons to injury prior to last year, Vogelbach is a waste of a roster spot, the trade deadline was awful, JD Davis for Ruf was beyond stupid, and I will be right about this horrid bullpen thats easily the worst staff in the National League. Mets will be lucky to get 85 wins, meanwhile they spent 400 million dollars this offseason, what a freakin joke

    Reply
    • bronxmac77

      2 months ago

      Vogelfat should take up two roster spots.

      Reply
      • LFGMets (Metsin7)

        2 months ago

        @bronxmac77 how does someone that can’t run, can’t play the field, and can’t hit lefties make an MLB roster? It just doesn’t make any sense. Would rather see the prospect take over DH if you didnt want to spend any money at that position. Clueless front office

        Reply
    • mookie1

      2 months ago

      @LFGMets

      Dude, take a chill pill. I guarantee you that the Mets will not have the worst bullpen in the NL and that they will win at least 86 games. They will likely have an above average bullpen and win about 95 games. They could win the World Series this year and you wouldn’t even enjoy it, because you’re consumed by the negative.

      Reply
  46. bronxmac77

    2 months ago

    Will he be ready for Old Timers Day?

    Reply
  47. bronxmac77

    2 months ago

    “Heh heh heh heh…”
    F. Montas, Bronx NY

    Reply
  48. bronxmac77

    2 months ago

    “There are poor teams.
    There are rich teams.
    Then there’s 50 feet of crap.
    Then there’s us!”
    – Billy Beancounter Eppier

    Reply
  49. bravesnation nc

    2 months ago

    Terrible! Our guy left with a Angry Hammy earlier today too. Hope both pitchers will be ok. Braves win 7-2.

    Reply
  50. ChuckyNJ

    2 months ago

    Not 2 hours before first pitch of the new season and we have a legendary LOLmets moment.

    Reply
    • deGrom Texas Ranger

      2 months ago

      Lol Texas is a pretty common sentiment here, too. Look at some of the comments on Texas news that has nothing at all to do with deGrom (Jake McCarthy signing, Evoldi, Heaney, Grossman, Otto injury, Odorizzi injury, etc.). I do wonder what team is primarily responsible for those comments.

      Reply
      • bronxmac77

        2 months ago

        Texas’ best signing was Bruce Bochy. I saw him perform miracles in SD. When he moved to SF and finally had a front office that knew a thing or two, he built his HOF resume. IF anyone can get Texas over the hump, Boch is the guy.

        Reply
  51. BaseballisLife

    2 months ago

    Heard 2-3 months rehab time for this kind of injury to pitchers. So All Star break? That is one heck of an expensive strain.

    Reply
    • Dumpster Divin Theo

      2 months ago

      That is one heck of an expensive booty call. Maybe he hurt his whittle pinky in the grand canyon.

      Reply
  52. CardsFan57

    2 months ago

    Hopefully not serious. Is it me or are top pitchers being injured at a higher than normal rate right now?

    Reply
    • bronxmac77

      2 months ago

      It’s hard to tell of it’s you. Are you injured at a higher rate than normal?

      Reply
  53. Latino Heat

    2 months ago

    Glad the Astros didn’t give him that ridiculous contract at his age

    Reply
  54. MarlinsFanBase

    2 months ago

    More missed WAR.

    Reply
  55. CravenMoorehead

    2 months ago

    Obviously he injured it by carrying his wallet around

    Reply
    • BaseballisLife

      2 months ago

      He hasn’t gotten paid yet this season.

      Reply
      • CravenMoorehead

        2 months ago

        Oh I forgot he only made more than $20 million a season since 2012. My mistake!

        Reply
  56. angt222

    2 months ago

    Mets just optioned Megill to AAA, does the option count against them, since now they need to recall him to replace JV?

    Reply
  57. bronxmac77

    2 months ago

    The Yanks won. So I’m all adither.

    Reply
  58. Bloom's BFF

    2 months ago

    How was this so predictable? The Mets never learn.

    They lost the division last year by one game. One game a starter like Scherzer or Verlander is injured and misses time.

    Meanwhile, their rookies step up but they still choose to invest and overpay in better but more fragile free agents.

    Reply
    • nottinghamforest13

      2 months ago

      What if the rookie gets hurt?

      Reply
    • bronxmac77

      2 months ago

      Why are you so Bloom and Gloom?

      Reply
      • Bloom's BFF

        2 months ago

        @bronxmac77 not sure what you mean by that

        Reply
        • bronxmac77

          2 months ago

          Me neither…

      • MarlinsFanBase

        2 months ago

        @bronxmac77

        FYI….the term is “gloom and doom” or “doom and gloom”.

        Reply
        • MarlinsFanBase

          2 months ago

          or “doom and gloom”.

  59. Cohen's _Wallet

    2 months ago

    Geesh, LOL

    Reply
    • Ignorant Son-of-a-b

      2 months ago

      I would think Cohen’s wallet would be swearing a bit more than that.

      Reply
      • Cohen's _Wallet

        2 months ago

        No need, to panick in April is the biggest waste of time. Fun to see all the comments, amusement.

        Reply
  60. Steve(shs22)

    2 months ago

    Time to call up Al Bundy !!

    Reply
  61. Yankeesforever

    2 months ago

    how severe is it, will he be back in time to participate in the Mets old timers ceremony?

    Reply
  62. #FireFarhan

    2 months ago

    Lolololol

    Reply
  63. Dumpster Divin Theo

    2 months ago

    Overpay

    Reply
  64. cardsfanboy

    2 months ago

    I’m a doctor. This is serious

    Reply
    • Dumpster Divin Theo

      2 months ago

      What. Doctor Pepper? Well I’m Orange Crush. This is all fizz.

      Reply
    • VirginiaGiant

      2 months ago

      I’m serious, you’re damn sure NOT a doctor

      Reply
      • brodie-bruce

        2 months ago

        but i am a doctor…. dr. mantis toboggan

        Reply
      • Dumpster Divin Theo

        2 months ago

        Shirley, you can’t be serious?

        Reply
        • brodie-bruce

          2 months ago

          i am…. and don’t call me shirley

        • bronxmac77

          2 months ago

          “Doctor, could you give us your impression of Ted Stryker?”

          “I’m a doctor. I don’t do impressions.”

  65. JayRyder

    2 months ago

    That’s it Seasons over.

    Reply
  66. DUDDUS

    2 months ago

    So poetic that deGrom is healthy right now too. But oh wait…hE hAd A bAd sTaRt, right Mets?

    Reply
    • VirginiaGiant

      2 months ago

      Well Mets, 100 year old baseball players DO get injured!

      Reply
    • VonPurpleHayes

      2 months ago

      deGrom got run support.

      Reply
  67. Rishi

    2 months ago

    How horribly written to not even mention what part of the body teres major is, as if it is common knowledge

    Reply
    • StPeteStingRays

      2 months ago

      Google.com

      Reply
      • Rishi

        2 months ago

        Or just say he hurt his shoulder. Is it hard to add one word? He wrote an entire article

        Reply
    • cleonswoboda

      2 months ago

      basically it connects the shoulder blade to the humerus,and I’m not being humorous,I haven’t a funny bone in my body.

      Reply
  68. brucenewton

    2 months ago

    77-85

    Reply
    • johnnyc13

      2 months ago

      1-0

      Reply
  69. nottinghamforest13

    2 months ago

    He’s pretending to be injured so that he can more closely monitor his wife to ensure she’s not cheating on him with Justin Bieber.

    Reply
    • StPeteStingRays

      2 months ago

      …and Pete Davidson.

      Reply
  70. Oscar Gamble

    2 months ago

    Verlander is way more reliable than deGrom ………

    Reply
  71. bronxmac77

    2 months ago

    When does the football season start? When I SAY it starts!
    Now… turn the damn lights out!

    – A. Rodgers, AKA AR12

    Reply
  72. bronxmac77

    2 months ago

    I strained my Ursa Major. Hurt so bad I saw stars.

    Reply
  73. leftcoaster

    2 months ago

    Mets are like the guy that buys a 2010 Range Rover to commute to work instead of a 2023 Honda Accord. The old Range Rover looks cool when it’s out of the shop at least.

    Reply
  74. Dtownwarrior78

    2 months ago

    For those Mets fans who are already whining about JV being hurt and an injury liability, quit crying! Dude is a dog, and when he comes back in a few weeks you’ll be loving what he brings on the mound. I watched for 11 years him take the bump every 5th day and even at 40 he’ll give you 20-25 quality starts this year.

    Reply
    • bronxmac77

      2 months ago

      No he won’t.

      Reply
      • Dtownwarrior78

        2 months ago

        Your right Bronx, you should know all about IL stints being a fan of the Stanks. How many pitchers you got on the IL already this year? Severino, Trevino, Rodon, and atleast 3 more. I’ll take your expertise here! Lol

        Reply
    • RetroBeers

      2 months ago

      Nope. He’s dead, Jim.

      Reply
  75. Pads Fans

    2 months ago

    As of today, the Mets will pay Verlander and Scherzer $10 million more than the Pirates opening day 26-man roster will be paid for the season. $30 million more than the A’s opening day roster.

    Reply
    • bronxmac77

      2 months ago

      Yeah, but the Pads used to be like that, buddy. Quality costs. Running a MLB club like a swap meet is cheaper.

      Reply
  76. phenomenalajs

    2 months ago

    Can you make an IL stint retroactive to two days before the season started? I see why you’d want to do it, so your pitcher only loses two starts instead of 3, but I didn’t think you could.

    Reply
    • Bill M

      2 months ago

      You can

      Reply
  77. Redwood13

    2 months ago

    Well Astros paid what 64 million over 2 years and he pitched 6 innings then missed the 2 years with Tommy John surgery let’s see what happens with the Mets over 2 years. Astros used the money saved from not signing Verlander to sign Javier for the next 6 years Verlander will be in the hall of fame by the time that contract is up

    Reply
    • bronxmac77

      2 months ago

      The Astros are smart.
      The Mets are… From Queens NY.

      Reply

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