The New York Mets have been ravaged by injuries. But who is to blame when a team’s chances are ruined by players forced on to the sidelines?
Death, taxes and injuries to Mets starters – a few of life’s certainties. Just when the furor over the Mets’ parade of injuries had seemingly reached a climax with news that Yoenis Cespedes’ strained hamstring would put him on the 10-day disabled list, Noah Syndergaard was pulled from Sunday’s game after lasting only 1 1/3 innings. In an era when arm problems frequently shelve baseball’s best young pitchers – often those that throw the hardest – this is troubling news, especially given Syndergaard’s record of past resilience.
But while the Mets appeared to have poorly managed Syndergaard’s injury, allowing him to refuse an MRI after biceps pain scratched him from last Thursday’s start, who’s to blame for the Mets’– or any other team’s – injury troubles?
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