Aug
24
2011

Niese and Hairston Are Heading To DL With Rib Injuries

An article by Hojo's Mojo

More bad news for the Mets out of Philadelphia tonight. As if losing 9-4 to the Phillies wasn’t bad enough, Adam Rubin of ESPN New York, is reporting that both left-hander Jon Niese and outfielder Scott Hairston are heading to the disabled list with rib cage injuries.

Niese re-injured a muscle on his right side while delivering a pitch to Hunter Pence in the third inning. He originally injured the same muscle last week in San Diego, and was pushed back a day to give him extra time to rest.

“I was going to put myself on the DL after the way it feels. It’s hurting. That’s why I feel terrible. I should have said something after that (Pence) at-bat. I let the game get away, and I just feel awful for it. I did the best I could with what I had.”

It was a forgettable night for Niese for multiple reasons as he was pasted for a season-high eight runs on 10 hits over four innings before coming out of the game. Considering how late in the season we already are and how tricky rib cage and oblique injuries can be, Niese could possibly be done for the season.

Outfielder Scott Hairston will also be placed on the DL after injuring his right intercostal muscle swinging at an outside pitch in Tuesday’s game.

“It’s just one of those things where I rotated in the wrong position and I guess strained the muscle. I wouldn’t feel comfortable taking a swing the way it feels now.”

You can expect both players to get MRIs in the morning, but obviously this is a big blow for Niese, Hairston and the Mets who have been struggling with various injuries to players all season long.

The Mets will now need to promote two starters from the minors; one to replace Niese and another to cover the doubleheader against the Marlins on Monday. Rubin believes the Mets will pick two between Miguel Batista, Pat Misch and Chris Schwinden.

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alex68 August 24, 2011 at 8:05 am

wow.. more injuries.. can we at some point start looking at ramirez and co and see if maybe they misdiagnose this players? or just plain don’t know what’s going on or doing? i mean, jesus, since 2009 this team have been killed by injuires, whether you’re old or young, the injuries have desimated this team like nothing i have ever seen.. my goodness
- 86mets August 24, 2011 at 10:55 am
  
  Not just these latest injuries either. I mean, what’s going on with Ike Davis? Every 3 weeks or so, after “resting” as the docs put it, and he still can’t perform baseball drills they say, “Oh, let’s rest him another 3-4 weeks and re-evaluate him then”. These morons don’t know what they’re doing. They got their medical liscenses from a Happy Meal. Just go ahead and send Davis for surgery and get it over with. The sooner the surgery, the faster he’ll recover in time for 2012. Yet these bumbling baffoons seem to think “rest” is the magic pill that will make him all better again. That, or they’re under orders from the Coupons to save money by avoiding expensive surgery (see also Beltran, Carlos circa 2009-10 and Reyes, Jose circa 2009). When the Coupons get kicked out they need to take their quack doctors with them!
Metstheory22 August 24, 2011 at 9:50 am

Do we really want to see Batista come up? I think most would want to see a young pitcher come up and give us hope for next year.
Moose August 24, 2011 at 9:46 pm

They should just shut Jon Niese down for the season. We are almost into Sept let him get ready for Spring Training. Second I think Sandy needs to take a serious look at both their conditioning and Medical Staff. It has been a little better this year but not by much. There have been to many players who have re-injured themselves. Also Thole should learn to read his pitchers a little more. So if he goes out to talk to the pitcher like last night he should have picked up about the way he was throwing or his body language and call out the trainer or manager. Pitcher who don’t want to come out are not going to tell you they are hurting. Agree bring up an experienced younger pitcher to see what they can do more.

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