5:44PM: Manager Carlos Mendoza told MLB.com’s Anthony DiComo and other reporters that Raley’s MRI came back clean for any structural damage, so the expectation is that Raley could miss just the minimum 15 days.
3:40PM: The Mets announced that left-hander Brooks Raley has been placed on the 15-day injured list due to elbow inflammation. Righty Grant Hartwig was called up from Triple-A in the corresponding move.
Raley has been untouchable so far this season, with a spotless 0.00 ERA (with two hits and three walks) over seven innings out of the New York bullpen. He last pitched on Friday, tossing 20 pitches in two-thirds of an inning in the Mets’ 9-4 win over the Dodgers. Raley’s previous outing was back on Monday, so it could be that he had been trying to pitch through his elbow soreness after taking a couple of days, or perhaps his elbow simply started barking after Friday’s game.
It was almost exactly a year ago that Raley was also placed on the Mets’ 15-day IL with a bout of elbow inflammation, and he was able to return after just a minimal absence. Raley and the Mets can only hope that this latest injury is similarly minor, as Raley has an important role as the team’s chief southpaw reliever. With Raley now sidelined, Jake Diekman is the only left-hander in New York’s relief corps.
Raley has posted a 2.58 ERA, 27.3% strikeout rate, and nine percent walk rate over 115 1/3 innings since the start of the 2022 season. While he had a 4.78 ERA in 2021 with the Astros, the advanced metrics indicated a performance level closer to his 2022-24 numbers, so the Rays’ decision to give Raley a two-year, $10MM deal in the 2021-22 offseason ended up being a very canny move. The Mets acquired Raley in a trade in December 2022, and then this past fall exercised their $6.5MM club option on Raley’s services for the 2024 campaign.
The dreaded “elbow inflammation”. Ugh. Let’s see ow badly this devolves into something worse.
Hopefully it’s just inflammation and no tear in the ligament.
Seems to be the case after the update.
Dodged a bullet there.
Might this be one trade the Rays lost?
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Angel Hernandez calling balls and strikes today. Not to gossip but he sucks beans.
I wonder if everyone in MLB now just kind of treats him like the slow kid at school.
Yeah, he sucks, but he’s operating at a 6th grade level.
At least one player or a manager will get ejected and I can’t blame them.
Couldnt be bec of the clock
Must be his 87mph changeup
Your parents should’ve taught you if you don’t have anything nice to say don’t say anything at all
So it begins.
I know Raley’s stats look impressive but honestly I think hes a below average reliever. Same with Reed Garrett. I don’t see anything in these guys. They’ve just gotten lucky. This bullpen will crumble, its only a matter of time.. Fujinami needs to be up asap. We aren’t winning any games Hartwig, SRF, Josh Walker, or Michael Tonkin coming in
You would be the worst scout in baseball,including arm chair quarterbacks, if you think Raley is a below average reliever and want to bring in Fujinami. I think the only thing you see is the number on the radar gun.
Lol
Just to be clear about the mental approach of Negative Nancy aka LFGMets: loves to cite stats (even out of context) when he’s critiquing struggling players but ignores stats when critiquing players who are playing well
Fujinami needs to be released ASAP. In Fuji’s 5.1 innings at Syracuse, he has struck out 7 batters. That’s the good news. In that same amount of time, he has given up 4 hits, 2 hit batsmen, and walked 11 batters. The dude has great stuff but HORRIBLE repeatable mechanics. And from what I gather, is not doing anything to correct it. He is a THROWER not a pitcher and you only a self-proclaimed expert.
If Fuji is so good, why don’t the Marlins make an offer for him?
Watched Tonkin get DFAd after the game today. Left with a parting doggie bag.
And now the lack of bullpen depth will begin to eat at the W-L record.