The Mets will place Steven Matz on the disabled list with a partial tear of his left lat muscle. He received an injection of platelet rich plasma on Thursday at the Hospital for Special Surgery and has been told not to throw for three weeks.
Taking Matz’s place on the roster will be infielder Daniel Muno who has been recalled from Triple-A Las Vegas.
Muno was batting .295 with nine doubles, two home runs and 16 RBI in 200 plate appearances for Las Vegas. He appeared in 13 games with the Mets earlier this season, hitting .083 over 27 plate appearances.
I will be updating this post during Sandy Alderson, Terry Collins and Steven Matz press conference beginning at 3:30 PM.
Steven Matz: It’s definitely frustrating but it could be worse. I could still throw but then the risk is I could completely tear it.
Steven Matz: I will be doing conditioning for three weeks and then after that the doctors told me I will be reevaluated. I will have to build back up after three weeks and I don’t know how long that’s going to take.
Sandy Alderson: Let me reiterate that Steven will not throw for the three weeks. After three weeks he will be reevaluated and if the partial tear as healed then he’ll move in to another phase. If it hasn’t healed then he will be afforded more time until it does.
Sandy Alderson: there was some discomfort after the Cincinnati start but nothing that was too bad according to Steven. Subsequent to the Dodgers start there was a side session and there was nothing significant as far as pain in Stevens mind.
Sandy Alderson: The trainers consulted with our doctors in New York and then I made the decision to let him pitch against the Dodgers. That was based on confirmation from how Stephen felt as well as the information from the doctor’s consultation.
Sandy Alderson: We did say that after his start against the Dodgers if there was any discomfort we would have him examined in New York by our doctors, and that’s exactly what happened.
Sandy Alderson: There’s no way of knowing whether the tear was caused because of the start against the Dodgers. For all we know this could have existed for a while.
Sandy Alderson: So about the five-man rotation and the six man rotation you have to anticipate that there will be injuries. Because this is an injury to our sixth starter we have the option to go back to a five man rotation. We probably don’t have to address that until five or six days after the break.
Sandy wrapped it up by saying this injury will have no effect on how he approaches the trade deadline because he had no intention of trading any of his six starters anyway. <wink>
