Mets Injury Report

New York Mets Injury Report

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For the first time in years, the New York Mets are going to get through April without being riddled with injuries.

Anthony Swarzak (shoulder and oblique) suffered a setback during his rehab and is still several weeks away from returning to the team. He suffered the oblique injury during the second game of the season against the St. Louis Cardinals. The bullpen has missed Swarzak over the last couple weeks and hopefully he returns to the team by the middle of May.

Catchers Catch the Injury Bug

Kevin Plawecki (broken hand) will be out for at least two more weeks. He suffered the injury after getting hit in the hand with a fastball in Miami against the Marlins. Plawecki may not be Mike Piazza but the team is desperately missing his bat. He hopes to return in mid May as well and he will undoubtedly be the everyday catcher for the Mets.

Travis d’Arnaud (elbow) underwent Tommy John Surgery to reconstruct his right elbow. He is done for 2018 and hopes to return for the beginning of 2019. This explains why his throwing was horrible but his absence at the plate has caught up to the team quickly. The replacements of Tomas Nido and Jose Lobaton has combined to hit 6-for-47 this season and the Mets are not looking anywhere else for help.

David Wright (shoulder and back) was moved to the 60-day DL to make room on their 40-man roster. The captain is still a long shot to return this season and even playing in the big leagues again may never happen again.

T.J. Rivera (elbow) still has not resumed throwing and there is no timetable for his return. He has become a forgotten man as he continues to recover from Tommy John Surgery.

Rafael Montero (elbow) also underwent Tommy John Surgery and will remain out for the entire 2018 season. He will be inactive for a while and will not throw a baseball for a long time.

New York Mets Injury Report

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Three games into the season and the New York Mets already have their first injury in the regular season.

The Mets scratched Brandon Nimmo (flu) from Sunday’s lineup because of his flu like symptoms. Juan Lagares got the start and some rest/medicine should take care of the sickness. This is not the worst injury but it qualifies since it kept him from being in the lineup.

The Latest Mets Injury

Anthony Swarzak (oblique) suffered the injury Saturday and was evaluated on Sunday. On Monday he underwent more test and an MRI. It is a little surprising the Mets have not put Swarzak on the 10-day disabled list so they do not have to play with 24 players. The 10-day DL was created so teams did not have to lose a player for two weeks if they did not need to. Once the MRI results comeback, the Mets will likely make their decision then.

Michael Conforto (shoulder) is moving ahead of schedule from his injury and could be activated on Thursday. Conforto faced Jason Vargas in a simulated game Monday will start to workout with the team this week. The Mets start their first series with Washington Nationals Thursday and with minor league spring training over, he will likely join the team at that point.

The aforementioned Jason Vargas (right hand) threw a bullpen session over the weekend and pitched in a simulated game Monday. He still is not able to catch with his glove hand yet which does not allow the team to give a set date for his return. Vargas is still building up his stamina as well, so a mid-April return should be in the works for the veteran left-hander.

Dominic Smith (quad) started the season on the 10-day DL and headed to Las Vegas to start the season at Triple-A. The road back to the big leagues for Smith has grown longer since Spring Training started. Hopefully, he can right himself because the Mets have high hopes in him.

Rafael Montero (right elbow), David Wright (back and shoulder) and T.J. Rivera (right elbow) all remain on the shelf and currently have no timetable to return. There has been no further news on their recoveries.