2:45pm: Matz will placed on the disabled list, retroactive to Aug. 15, with tightness in his left shoulder, tweets Joel Sherman of the New York Post.
AUG. 22, 1:09pm: Matz has been diagnosed with a “mild” strain and some inflammation of the rotator cuff in his left shoulder, but doctors found no structural damage, reports Jon Heyman of FanRag Sports. There’s no word yet on whether he’ll require a stint on the disabled list, however, and the Mets have yet to formally announce the test results.
AUG. 19: Mets left-hander Steven Matz has been scratched from tonight’s start due to discomfort in his left shoulder, as Newsday’s Marc Carig writes. The New York Post’s Mike Puma writes that he’s likely to be examined on Monday in New York.
Matz stated that what he’s experiencing is “just discomfort” and said he’s not too worried about the issue, but there’s obviously at least some cause for concern for both Matz and the team. Matz, of course, has been pitching through a bone spur in his left elbow, and while Carig writes that neither the team nor Citi Field’s Trackman software has detected any mechanical changes to his delivery due to the spur, there’s still no immediate way of knowing whether the elbow ailment has contributed to his newfound shoulder troubles. Matz first felt the discomfort when throwing off flat ground earlier this week and didn’t feel improvement when throwing prior to yesterday’s game.
Right-hander Seth Lugo will start in Matz’s place tonight. The 26-year-old has quite been good in his first taste of the Majors this season, albeit in a limited sample. In 17 innings, Lugo has a 2.65 ERA and a 16-to-6 K/BB ratio with a 47.6 percent ground-ball rate. He could potentially step into the rotation if a replacement for Matz is needed for more than one start. Alternative options in Triple-A include Gabriel Ynoa, Robert Gsellman and Sean Gilmartin. None of the bunch owns particularly exciting numbers in Triple-A this season, though the Las Vegas home of the Mets’ Triple-A affiliate is a notoriously hitter-friendly environment.
The Mets are not a playoff team for 2016. Let’s not push or rush these guys and just make sure everyone is healthy to make a run in 2017.
“Just discomfort”
This happens a lot with the Mets and it’s almost always mishandled. Shut him down, along with Wheeler and make sure this is the best offseason you’ll ever have.
Just gets better and better. Shut all power pitchers down till next year. Not going anywhere
Wait, you mean to to tell me a 25 year old who threw 120 pitches on August 9 is having arm problems a week or so later???
WELL I NEVER!!!
(Fire Terry Collins)
Obviously the bone spur affecting the way he pitches causing issues with his shoulder. I feel for this young pitching staff because the Mets have not handled them properly.
That all being said as a Braves fan I feel like there is hope. A year ago I thought this staff would dominate for years to come but now, injuries have hampered that possible future outcome.
I also think that with all the injuries around the league with pitchers one would have surmise that guys are simply over throwing. Too many pitchers seem to throw instead of pitch. If that’s not the case then why are there so many arm injuries?
Anybody else have any thoughts? Mets fans what do you think?
Dr. Jobe said “Throwing is good. Throwing really hard can be bad. Despite popular belief many pitchers years ago did throw very hard (the documentary “Fastball” shows that Ryan’s famous 100.9 pitch was actually 108.5 if measured as they do today, Feller threw at 107.6 in the 1940’s) when needed but most of the time they pitched. The emphasis on power and every pitcher needing to e a K machine is destroying staffs and pitchers. Maddux only topped SO9 three times in his career, Seaver averaged 6.8.Even Carlton who at one point held the K record for lefties averaged 7.1 and only topped 8 five times in 24 years. Teach guys to pitch, as you mentioned, and not just throw as hard as the can.
A great example of pitching is Bumgarner. And still gets the K’s, pitches the innings and no issues.
There is literally no evidence Feller threw as hard as you mentioned. There was no way to measure his fastball.
Davidc….Try watching “Fastball” and get back to me.
well fella……check the films, this guy amazed even scientists………..also thats why his records lasted so long. some 40-50 years later. one of few whom could have had pitched today.
Matz has had a series of injuries, he only good for a short period of time.
who wrote this article? they wont be home Monday, theyll be in STL
Also “The 26-year-old has quite good in his first taste of the Majors this season:”
is not english.
Try starting your own baseball site.
Try having an 7th grade education before starting a baseball site.
Try having a not try having an. If you are going to make grammar comments you better be correct. This is a baseball forum. Nobody cares about grammar.
Cards series starts Tuesday. Authors name is below the title.
Does it really surprise anyone that a rotation full of young power arms that took the Mets to the World Series last year is suddenly falling apart at the seams in Dusty Baker’s first year as manager?
Ignore my stupidity, I had a brain fart as to which manager managed which team.
Umm Dusty Baker manages the Nationals…
Yes he does…which means that you can count on the Nationals’ pitching staff to be at the end of their careers next year. He is responsible for the very quick decline of Mark Prior’s and Kerry Woods’ careers. Cubs fans remember his managerial career with clarity…
Hence my retraction comment that I made immediately below my own.
Well, clearly this wouldn’t be happening if Bud Black were manager (sarcastic reference to an article linked to in the previous Mets-related post).
The damage is already done, these guys were over used last year and are paying for it now. The Mets should have built a team with position players first like the Cubs.
Yeah, it’s as easy as that! Why doesn’t everyone do what the Cubs do and be really good?
Sure, some of these guys pitched a lot of innings last year- because they made it to the World Series. What exactly were they supposed to do, shut down the rotation for the franchise’s biggest games since 2000? You’re saying they should’ve started guys like Verrett, Gilmartin, Colon, and Neise, just for the sake of resting all of their arms?
McCutchen for Matz this winter…
Who needs to sweeten the deal, the Mets or the Pirates?
The Mets
No