Mar
20
2012

Andres Torres Leaves Game With Leg Injury, Updates On Hairston and Wright

An article by Hojo's Mojo

Center fielder Andres Torres left tonight’s game in the third inning with an apparent injury to his left calf. Backup outfielder Adam Loewen, who is trying to win a job on the Mets’ bench, replaced Torres in the the game.

Meanwhile, in other injury related news, Scott Hairston called his first major workout since straining his left oblique muscle a “success”. Although he did not swing a bat, he did some jogging and participated in pre-game drills with his teammates. The Mets are taking things very cautious with Hairston who is hoping to avoid the DL to start the season.

David Wright is also making some slow and steady progress, but is days away from playing in Grapefruit League games according to Terry Collins. An abdominal muscle tear has wiped out most of Wright’s spring thus far, but he might be able to start playing games by this weekend, and no later than early next week.

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srt March 20, 2012 at 7:24 pm

Torres leaves with a calf injury.
You just cannot make this stuff up.

Meanwhile, Duda takes Strasburg’s fastball over the wall.
- Mr North Jersey March 20, 2012 at 7:54 pm
  
  Hopefully it’s just a very mild strain with Torres. On another note Hitman will be happy to know Vaugn went deep again this Spring.
  
  @binghamton_mets
  B-Mets fall again to Suns, 8-3; Ceciliani went 3-for-5, HR short of cycle; Vaughn launched second HR of spring; RHP Germen w/ 5K in 2+ IP
  
  https://twitter.com/#!/binghamton_mets/status/182243780399865856
Joey D. March 20, 2012 at 11:34 pm

Ron and Gary emphasized how much trouble the Mets have with no reserves and that they really have nobody to replace Torres for any extended length of time. They did add that there are always players released by other clubs in spring training – but then, what does that say about the quality of the players the Mets might pick up?

Great to see Duda take Strasburg deep to the opposite field. What’s even better news is that this type of hit will not wind up on the Citi Field warning track like previous years.
- trs86 March 21, 2012 at 8:35 am
  
  This year is a little different though. The quality of those guys could actually be better than before due to the new rules in the CBA.
Alex68 March 21, 2012 at 8:27 am

No worries, we no have back up plans in case of situations like this… or at least that’s what t agee and others say so… we shouldn’t be concern…
- trs86 March 21, 2012 at 8:36 am
  
  Go figure that Kirk would also get injured. Torres was just a place holder for Kirk from the beginning but Kirk is injured too.

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