Updated Post, 5/18/22, 11:11 p.m. Max Scherzer left Wednesday’s game with “left side discomfort.” That’s typically code word for an oblique injury. After the game, Scherzer said he said he didn’t think it was a “major strain.” He’ll get imaging done Thursday. Original Post, 5/18/22, 9:40 p.m. Max Scherzer left Wednesday night’s game against...
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Updated Post, 5/18/22. 11:15 a.m. After Tuesday night’s game, Brandon Nimmo showed little concern about his leg injury. He was diagnosed with a quad contusion after X-rays came back negative and is considered day-to-day. He hopes to play in Wednesday’s game. Original Post, 5/17/22, 9:36 p.m. Brandon Nimmo left Game 2 of Tuesday’s doubleheader with the Cardinals with an apparent...
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The Mets announced Friday ahead of their series with the Mariners that catcher James McCann was placed on the 10-day injured list with a fractured hamate bone. The team said he will undergo surgery and his recovery time is six weeks, which will likely put him out until around the All-Star break. Patrick Mazeika was called up from Triple-A in his place. McCann had sat out Wednesday’s and...
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Jacob deGrom has started throwing from 60 feet on flat ground with “light intensity,” according to general manager Billy Eppler. This is the first throwing the Mets’ ace has done since the end of March, when it was revealed deGrom was suffering from a stress reaction in his scapula. DeGrom was initially shut down on April 1, and the team said he wouldn’t throw for at...
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The Mets announced Tuesday the team claimed lefty reliever Locke St. John off waivers from the Chicago Cubs. St. John was already in Triple-A, so he’ll be assigned to Triple-A Syracuse with the Mets. In order to make room for St. John on the 40-man roster, the Mets moved Jacob deGrom to the 60-day injured list. The Cubs placed St. John on waivers on May 4 after the reliever gave up three...
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