Starling Marte left Saturday’s 8-1 loss to the Cubs halfway via the second inning on account of soreness in his proper knee, and he’ll endure an MRI on Monday to discover what has been a nagging drawback for the Mets outfielder. As MLB.com’s Anthony DiComo writes, Marte has been battling knee discomfort for about three weeks, with the Mets giving Marte just a few additional off-days in that stretch to see if the additional relaxation might right the issue.
“I assumed we’ve been doing a fairly good job, particularly with our communication with him and him being sincere with me and all of us,” Mets supervisor Carlos Mendoza informed DiComo and different reporters. “That’s why there’s been days the place he’s been off when he felt like he might have performed….However as of late, that knee continues to trouble him. We’ve simply bought to attend and see what we’re coping with.”
The Mets don’t play on both Monday or Thursday this week, as they get a pair of off-day sandwiched round their two-game interleague collection with the Yankees. DiComo feels that this comparatively gentle schedule may enable the Mets to place Marte on the 10-day injured checklist, which might each give him time to completely relaxation up whereas sitting out much less video games than he’d usually should miss in a fuller schedule. That mentioned, the Mets might additionally view these built-in off-days as an opportunity to let Marte relaxation with out the good thing about an precise IL placement, so he won’t should miss 10 full days’ value of motion.
It appears possible that the membership will first wait and see what the MRI says earlier than making a choice, as if checks reveal an precise damage, Marte will clearly should miss time no matter any schedule. Regardless of the unhealthy knee, Marte’s manufacturing hasn’t been slowed down, as he’s hitting .304/.360/.457 with one residence run over 50 plate appearances within the month of June. Marte’s scorching bat has been one motive the Mets have surged again into the playoff image, as New York has gained 12 of its final 16 video games.
One other Met headed for an MRI is Sean Reid-Foley, because the right-hander was positioned on the 15-day IL yesterday (retroactive to June 20) on account of an impingement in his throwing shoulder. The same damage sidelined Reid-Foley at the beginning of the season and prevented him from making his 2024 debut till April 22. Speaking to the New York Submit’s Mike Puma and different reporters yesterday, Reid-Foley described the newest damage as “sort of the identical stuff — it’s sort of within the entrance of the shoulder once more. I don’t have X-ray imaginative and prescient or MRI imaginative and prescient, however I’d say it’s in all probability an impingement.”
Even with these shoulder issues bookending his season, Reid-Foley has been one of many Mets’ greatest relievers this season, with a 1.66 ERA and a 27.8% strikeout price over 21 2/3 innings. A 3.86 SIERA is maybe a greater reflection of Reid-Foley’s manufacturing when factoring in his excessive 15.6% stroll price and the nice fortune of his .255 BABIP, particularly since Reid-Foley is a grounder specialist (60.8% groundball price). Nonetheless, that bottom-line 1.66 ERA has nonetheless been an enormous assist inside an total inconsistent New York bullpen, so dropping Reid-Foley for any size of time is a setback for the membership.
In different Mets damage information, Kodai Senga took an essential step forward in his damage rehab, as he had a dwell batting observe session of twenty-two pitches at this time. Senga is tentatively slated for one more dwell BP later this week, however he’ll first reconvene with the workforce medical workers in New York.
It has been a protracted street again for Senga, who hasn’t but pitched this season since struggling a average capsule pressure his proper shoulder throughout Spring Coaching. He had a dwell BP session in late April and appeared to be progressing in direction of a return in late Could (as soon as his 60-day IL stint was over), however he then took time to work on some mechanical points, after which suffered a triceps damage that required a shutdown interval and a cortisone shot.
Senga had already been dominated out till after the All-Star break, and contemplating the quantity of ramp-up work it would take for him to be totally able to pitch, it could appear early-to-mid August may be the earliest we see the right-hander make his 2024 debut. If the Mets can stick round within the wild card race, getting Senga again can be fairly a pleasant increase to the Amazins’ playoff probabilities, if he returns at something near his 2023 type.
