Trainer's Room: Injuries in 2018

[Centerfield]

Hey Alex Cobb is still available!

Who am I kidding. This probably means Montero makes the club.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Vargas having the surgery tomorrow. They're going to remove the fractured bone.

Newsday wrote: Mets lefthander Jason Vargas will have surgery Tuesday to remove a fractured bone from his right hand, the team announced Sunday night. Removal of the small bone is the usual treatment for the injury. Vargas will begin throwing again about five days later, though it’s not clear how much of the regular season he might miss. The Mets don’t need a fifth starter until April 4, 15 days after Vargas’ operation.

[Benjamin Grimm]

I'm no doctor, but that seems like a pretty large bone to simply remove. Does someone who's given up this bone notice that it's missing?

It's a good thing it's not on his pitching hand. I wonder if they would have taken a different approach if it was?

[Ceetar]

I think they just remove the broken off fragment.

[Guest 41Forever]

Harvey scoffs at your tiny hamate bone and throws his now-removed rib on the table.

[Benjamin Grimm]

If nothing else, the Mets are good at disassembling their players.

[Vic Sage]

maybe we could build a new pitcher from the removed parts. And Legos.

[Frayed Knot]

He won't be the first guy to play minus his hamate bone. It's a common baseball injury.
Whenever there's a hand surgery the pesky little hamate seems to be the culprit.

[Guest 41Forever]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: If nothing else, the Mets are good at disassembling their players.

Bang! BOC.

[Centerfield]

Wait. So if he's removed the broken bone, why is he still out 2-6 weeks?

Tape that shit up and get right back in there. Ronnie Lott would never stand for this.

[Ceetar]

Centerfield wrote: Wait. So if he's removed the broken bone, why is he still out 2-6 weeks? Tape that shit up and get right back in there. Ronnie Lott would never stand for this.

i mean, he's gonna start throwing in 5 days so..

[A Boy Named Seo]

Sounds like he might not miss any time.

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2018/03/nl-notes-diamondbacks-nats-mets.html

Even though Mets left-hander Jason Vargas will undergo surgery on his right hand Tuesday, he might not miss any regular-season time, Tim Britton of The Athletic tweets. It’s not as if the soft-tossing Vargas is going to have to regain lost velocity, manager Mickey Callaway noted – “It’s not going to be too hard to go back and get his 84 again,” he said – while GM Sandy Alderson essentially expressed no concern over the situation. “If he can catch the ball coming back from the catcher, he’s probably good to go,” Alderson offered.

[G-Fafif]

All the time Vargas isn't missing Montero is. As alluded to in his Expectations thread, Rafael has been diagnosed with a torn UCL in his pitching elbow and will likely require TJS.

[A Boy Named Seo]

Wild timing. The decision on what to do with him gets made, and the Mets no longer risk losing him and can see what they have in 12-18 months, I guess.

[Benjamin Grimm]

So he likely won't pitch again until late in 2019 at the earliest.

If he remains a Met, he'll be on the 60-day DL during the course of the 2018 and 2019 seasons, but if I understand correctly, he'd take up a 40-man roster spot during the off-season?

[ashie62]

He has one option left. Is Montero worth a 40 man spot?

[seawolf17]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: So he likely won't pitch again until late in 2019 at the earliest. If he remains a Met, he'll be on the 60-day DL during the course of the 2018 and 2019 seasons, but if I understand correctly, he'd take up a 40-man roster spot during the off-season?

Correct, as far as I know.

[A Boy Named Seo]

Ashie62 wrote: He has one option left. Is Montero worth a 40 man spot?

He is out of options, hence the Mets trying to figure out just what the hell to do with him this spring.

[Edgy MD]

You can't remove an injured guy from the 40 anyhow.

The book closes on him for 2018, but he'll remain on the roster.

[nymr83]

Edgy MD wrote: You can't remove an injured guy from the 40 anyhow. The book closes on him for 2018, but he'll remain on the roster.

the 60-Day DL removes him from the 40 man in-season. I suspect he gets cut next offseason to keep him from impacting the 40 then (along with the negotiated retirement of David Wright)

[Edgy MD]

It doesn't really remove him from the 40. It just keeps him from counting against the 40-man limit. For all other purposes, he's a man on the 40, with all rights and privileges, only moreso.

[nymr83]

Edgy MD wrote: It doesn't really remove him from the 40. It just keeps him from counting against the 40-man limit. For all other purposes, he's a man on the 40, with all rights and privileges, only moreso.

oh yeah, that's true, i'm thinking about him wasting a roster spot or not, i don't care that he is entitled to Wilpon's money or anything, that is a non-problem for us.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Conforto, meanwhile, has reason to hope that his return will come sooner rather than later.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Jason Vargas is in the Emergency Room. With a stomach virus.

http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/mets/mets-jason-vargas-lands-emergency-room-stomach-virus-article-1.3892588

[Fman99]

Swarzak to the DL with an oblique strain, Robles up.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Great.

[Edgy MD]

Vargas went four innings for Vegas Monday eve, allowing three runs, which is better than more than a few pitchers for the 51s this season. All the runs came in the third.

He's rejoining the Mets tonight and is expected to be activated and take the start Saturday.

[G-Fafif]

Asdrubal not starting tonight because a hamstring is barking.

Woof.

[Edgy MD]

Wilmer returning to New York to be examined for lower back soreness.

#BarwisMethods

[bmfc1]

Apparently, Robles is with the team and will be activated on Monday. I really don't care if he's healthy and there is a lack of healthy pitchers, there is no way that Robles should ever pitch again for the Mets. I would rather have Doug Sisk pitch for this team and I don't mean Sisk from 1984 I mean now and he's 60.