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Jon Niese Out For The Rest Of The Season!

Written by Greg Pomes August 5, 2009 at 7:41 pm

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Add Jon Niese to the disabled list for the rest of the year, the 22 year old lefthander suffered an injury in today’s afternoon game.  It didn’t look good and as “luck” would have it the news is nowhere near good.  Niese had an MRI done and the results of the MRI revealed a complete tear of his hamstring tendon.  This injury will require for him to have season ending surgery but should be ready to go for Spring Training next year.

This is a horrible blow to the rotation as Maine is still suffering from “shoulder weakness.”  I’m not quite sure who the Mets are going to call up, Lance Broadway who the Mets got in the trade for Ramon Castro, perhaps leave Nelson Figeroua in the rotation?  I know there were some rumblings earlier in the day about putting Parnell in the rotation but he’s been in the pen all year, it will take a little time for him to develop the arm strength to be a starter.

It just continues to amaze me how these guys are getting injured and not one person on the training staff has yet to be fired.  I wonder if Omar will investigate them first.

There is no word yet on Gary Sheffield as of this writing.



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14 Responses to “Jon Niese Out For The Rest Of The Season!”

  1. Ed Leyro says:

    It won’t end until October 4…

    It’s odd that Niese was able to walk under his own power from first base to the mound after his awkward stretch. I think it was the warmup pitch that did him in, not the stretch at first. Wouldn’t that be something if the discomfort he was feeling after attempting to make the play at first had nothing to do with the injury he suffered on the warmup pitch?

  2. metsrock128 says:

    ed, with the ways things have gone this year, i wouldnt be suprised.

    and man, this is terrible about Niese. he looked very good in those 2 starts he made in the MLB and looked like he had good stuff today. this is a joke. everybody is getting hurt!

  3. RealityChuck says:

    I think it’s likely he injured the hamstring at first, but totally blew it out with the warm-up. The question is why did they let him throw the pitch at all?

  4. theonlymaskman says:

    What’s the prognosis on Reyes? Have they decided surgery is required? He was diagnosed with a partially torn hamstring tendon. Niese has a completely torn one. Do tendons repair themselves with rest? I think the answer is NO! When will Jose’ be declared as needing surgery?

  5. jdon says:

    why did they let him throw the warmup pitch? Because they are the mets. If someone is in pain, take him out and look at it. If someone has had a concussion, keep him off a plane. You know how it goes.

    • Ed Leyro says:

      Gary Sheffield was smart to take himself out of the game when he felt pain. Had he stayed in, you can imagine what would have happened.

  6. jim b says:

    Maybe the Mets should bring in Brad Holt, get him a taste of the big leagues

  7. Rachel says:

    That looked very painful for Niese.

  8. Clemm says:

    So let me get this straight…You’re 5 games under 500, nowhere near the division lead, 7 teams in front of you for the wild-card and your rookie, top prospect, LHP goes down with something tweaked in his leg so you trot him over to the mound to take a warm-up pitch to see if he’s able to continue in a meaningless game? BRAVO, Jerry. Is it any wonder this team has 9 guys on the DL?

    Time to clean house. Fire everyone.

    • theonlymaskman says:

      Absolutely correct. The Mets are a totally bush organization. We’re doing our best to prove that the Phils are a top notch class outfit and we’re clowns by comparison. Happ just pitched a great game, Cliff Lee is close to pitching no hitters and Pedro just struck out 10 in rehab. When Pedro returns next week, they have more pitchers than they can use. We’re scratching to get someone on the mound. Good move Omar tossing $36 Mil at Ollie to set him up for life.

  9. Mad Era says:

    Everyone is so quick to blame Jerry or the Mets medical staff but what if Niese said he wanted to continue? What if he was the one that did not want to walk off the field? Everyone throws warm up pitches when something goes a little off. It is up to the player to tell the medical staff how serious.

    I know many will say the coaches and medical staff know better but they have had so many injuries losing more people becomes a bigger burden and so if I was in their shoes I would take Niese’s word for it. And if he said he could continue then that falls on him just as much as the coaches and medical staff.

    • Aye says:

      The mets season is lost. In fact they should just lose more games so we get a better draft pick. Who cares whos on the mound? These games are meaningless…If someone gets injured, even if they say “I feel fine”…havent you learned from history? You take him out, period, prevent any further damage.

      I would put some responsibility on the players too. I read reports of the mets playing cards in the clubhouse pregame and watching TV…STRETCH, STRETCH, STRETCH…especially if you an injury prone veteran…Drink lots of water…Just basic things.

  10. Clemm says:

    When something goes a little off and you are not in a playoff race, you err on the side of caution. What was the worst that could happen from immediately pulling him out(other than slipping down the dugout stairs)?

    Need to rename “Citi Field” “Bush Field.”

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