Rehabbing New York Mets infielder Jed Lowrie arrived at Mets camp in Port St. Lucie on Sunday wearing a brace on his left leg that extended from his thigh to just above his ankle, but wouldn’t confirm what was exactly ailing him to the team’s media corps.
Lowrie has seen just eight plate appearances (0-for-7, walk following his activation from the IL on September 7 last season) since signing a two-year, $20 million deal with the Mets in free agency last winter due to a litany of injuries ranging from a left knee capsule sprain to left hamstring and right calf issues, and culminating with a left-side issue that team brass blamed on “posture and functionality” inefficiencies.
The 35-year-old utility man fielded grounders at second base and took batting practice in the cages on Sunday morning before briefly expanding on the situation.
“This is just a brace that alleviates my symptoms and makes me feel like myself […] I don’t want to get into the specifics of symptoms,” he said, before shedding some light on his progress up until this point. “I don’t have any different expectations [besides this being a “normal spring”] and like I said, we’re just taking it day by day […] I’m excited to be here with the guys.”
When prodded about the source of the injury, Lowrie confirmed it was his knee before sticking to his general message of the day.
“I’m just worried about managing the symptoms and doing everything I can,” Lowrie said (quote via Deesha Thosar, New York Daily News), before being asked directly if he’d “rather not specify” what the “root problem is”. “Like I said, I’m just gonna manage the symptoms and do everything I can to help wherever I can.”
We’ll keep you posted with more information as it becomes available.
