Frayed Knot wrote: And this doesn't even really have anything to do with Verrett. 1) unless this shoulder woe develops into something career threatening (or at least catcher-threatening) they're not going to go out catcher shopping based on a 15-day DL stint. 2) and if this does turn out to be something serious, the Mets are going to respond by pushing their chips in on Plawecki. At some point NYM mgmt is going to have to decide between one of these two guys. But the good thing about having two young promising catchers is that you don't have to make a panic move if/when one of them goes down, especially not short term. Basically I agree with you. Travis is developing a pattern of unhealthiness, even for a catcher. That might enable the Mets to get a large sample size to evaluate Plawecki.