23
2011
Same Old Song, Davis Could Miss Rest Of Season
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Stop me if you’ve heard this before: Ike Davis is expected back in two weeks.
That was mid-May.
The news isn’t good for Davis, whom GM Sandy Alderson said could require season-ending surgery after a MRI today revealed cartilage damage along with the bone bruise.
Davis had been wearing a protective boot, and the hope is the blood flow in his leg will improve enough to allow him to start running in three weeks. If he can’t, then he’ll undergo surgery.
Davis told ESPN: “Obviously surgery is an athlete’s nightmare, but I’ve had one surgery on my wrist and it worked out really well and it came back better than I was before.
“If it’s going to get me on the field again, obviously that’s something we have to do. But, obviously, we’re going to get a second opinion and see if everything coincides with everything everyone says, and hopefully in three weeks I’m starting to run again.’’
Hopefully, that will be the case, but if not, let’s hope the Mets don’t do with Davis what they did with Carlos Beltran and drag out the process. None of this, “let’s give it another two weeks and see what happens.”
Had Beltran underwent surgery at mid-season in 2009 instead of pushing for a September comeback, it might have alleviated having the surgery on his own the following winter and subsequent spitting match with the front office, not to mention missing half of last season.
If Davis isn’t right in three weeks, then he should have surgery to avoid the possibility of missing part of the 2012 season. The sooner the better.
Don’t think that could happen? Then you haven’t been paying attention to the Mets’ medical history.
About the Author: John Delcos
I am an active member of the BBWAA and have covered Major League Baseball in several capacities for over 20 years, including ten in New York working the Mets' and Yankees' beat. I covered the Baltimore Orioles for eight years and the Cleveland Indians before that. I currently serve as an editor and senior staff writer for Mets Merized Online. Follow me on Twitter @jdelcos.
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You know I hate the idea of curses but there really is a black cloud hovering over this franchise. I think it’s the stink of Jeff and Fred.
Thanks David Wright >:(
Here we go again…………….
Maybe Ike bumping into DWright made his injury worse? No one ever thought of that. I know why, because Wright sucks. His 100 rbi’s, close to 30 hrs every year are now worthless, afterall his K’s are up, so everything is his fault now. Maybe we can get a bag of balls for him, we don’t need those 100 rbi’s after all his don’t matter, they are just stat padding runs.
Oh no, defending Wright is against the MMO law too……
Jeez, can I vent without someone getting on my case about David freakin Wright? The ONE guy who can NEVER do anything wrong?
Vent all you want, I’m frustrated too. What are you talking about the one guy that can never do anything wrong, that’s all you read about on this site is how horrible he is.
WE ARE CURSED!!!
It’s amazing how nothing ever seems to go right for us. All this because nobody called for a popup.
Blame Omar, you blame him for everything else. He obviously can’t find healthy specimins.
WHY IKE. UGH WRIGHTTTTTTTTTTTTTT.
I would have rather had anyone else go down except Ike. Ugh
WHY!!!!!…………………………
Well, it could be worse.
No it can’t, this is what always happens to the Mets! Why doesn’t this stuff happen to Reuben Tejada or Willie Harris! Why IKE? So typical, we finally have another potential breakout player on our hands, but because he plays for the Mets he might be out for the season! ughhhh
Why would you want this to happen to ANYONE with a Mets uni.
DUMB
kendrys morales injury is twice as unfortunate as this.
We are Team Fluke. Alarms should have gone off when they heard the words “bone bruise.” Hell, Beltran had one for about 6 months last year. It actually went from one season into the next. Deep bone bruises are super nasty.
Well.. This is just awesome.. And you guys can’t really blame David on this because Pelf or Paulino should have called it themselves or something.. Really it is just another Mets injury.
Ya, Paulino should have been directing traffic, but I can’t really get down on him either.
It’s just crappy luck and a freak accident.
Somehow, some way this will be Sandy Alderson and Moneyball’s fault. I’m waiting for it
Oh you know that Jessep. The hunt is on to find a way to blame Alderson. That’s been job #1 for the newly devoted desicples of Mullah Omar since a couple of weeks after Alderson was hired.
More people seem to be blaming Wright than Alderson around here….
Well only in regards to the fact that Sandy cleaned a lot of house around here but not in the Medical department.
Is that something you can really hang on Sandy? No except in the extreme sense of the “Buck Stops here!”
I’m less interested in fixing the blame and would prefer we just fix the problem!
We need fewer optimists working the Player’s medical plan!
Well Murphy likes playing firstbase. He’ll get plenty of it the rest of the year.
This season is lost anyway. We are 10.5 games out. We have absolutely no shot at a wild card. For Ike Davis get him the best doctors and surgeons, repair his problem and rehab for next year. We are not contenders, we are practicing for the 2012 season and a full staff to include Santana. There wasn’t much rhere at the beginning of the season so why all the fuss?
Is this the ankle injury Ike incurred from falling on his rear end in Denver? How does one bruise there ankle so badly by falling on their tushie? I think its pretty obvious that the Mets have not been upfront about how both Ike and David injured themselves.
In response to this new information about Ike …..
Why does it seem like an injury that causes a 3 week layoff always develops into a much more involved issue? Truthfully, I think that the organization should be looking for new doctors who get it right the first time! Then again, it would be nice if the team was upfront and honest in keeping the fans informed from the start. Looking at the play that caused the injury many might think that Ike is a soft player but any time a player has his feet taken out from underneath and he rolls with his weight over the ankle area it can be serious. Ike is a key part of this team and was destined for a 25 homer, 90 plus RBI season with a very solid glove and most of all provided protection in the lineup hitting anywhere from 4th to 6th.
Because you have to wait to see how these things turn out. They look at the initial symptoms and make a guesstimate. What we have to hope for now is that they don’t drag this out. I see no reason to try and force Davis in this year if he’s not healed up in 3 weeks.
it figures, the only thing david hit solid all year.we are cursed!
The problem Donal is they should not be looking at the symptoms in this day and age and examining the MRIs instead!
Our medical staff has always leaned towards downplaying injuries instead of curing them. They believe rest over treatment is the proper course of action and thats why we have the injury history we have!
Oh, what a surprise, Met doctors misdiagnosing an injury again. Apparently, the boot he was wearing made the injury worse according to what I read from CBS. Who knows. All I want to know is why didn’t they clean house on the medical side like they did the front office and coaching staff? I mean their track record coming into 2011 wasn’t real rosy to start with. Jose Reyes, hamstring injury mistaken for a mild calf injury. Carlos Beltran, bone bruise in knee which they felt didn’t require surgery. A possibility they also missed David Wright’s stress fracture. I mean, after 2 or 3 weeks of taking pain meds and still no relief you’d think they would be smart enough to get tests done to find out the problem, but, they didn’t. These guys must be the Wilpons own personal family doctors which would explain why they’re still employed by the Mets.