ATLANTA — All of a sudden, the Mets’ pitching depth has been thinned.
Tylor Megill joined Kodai Senga on the injured listing Tuesday afternoon, forward of the Mets’ collection in Atlanta in opposition to the Braves. The fitting-hander was positioned on the 15-day IL with a proper elbow sprain, with right-hander Justin Garza being recalled from Triple-A Syracuse to take his spot on the roster.
Greatest case state of affairs: The irritation in Megill’s elbow subsides in 7-10 days, which might then permit him to work towards a return across the one-month mark. However the Mets are hesitant to specify a timeline till the irritation in his elbow is gone.
However for now, the Mets will want a spot-starter to take his place Friday evening for the series-opener in Philadelphia. They count on to decide for Friday later within the week.
“There are a lot of names that we’re considering,” supervisor Carlos Mendoza mentioned Tuesday at Truist Park. “So yeah, we’ll get there in the next day or two.”
You’ll be able to cross two names off of your listing, right-hander Frankie Montas and left-hander Sean Manaea. The 2 are nearing the tip of their rehab assignments, however aren’t fairly the place the Mets need them to be but. Montas is the closest to a return, making yet one more rehab begin Wednesday with Triple-A Syracuse, which might rule him out of motion for Friday.
The Mets are hoping to place him within the rotation, however acknowledge that the outcomes they’ve seen throughout his minor league rehab project haven’t been nice. Montas is 0-2 with a 13.17 ERA over 5 begins (20 earned runs in 13 2/3 innings, 9 walks, 10 strikeouts).
“We’ve still got to wait. I don’t want to get ahead of myself,” Mendoza mentioned. “Let’s see how he does tomorrow. Hopefully he throws the ball well, and not only that, he feels well, and then we have a decision. And hopefully he gets through tomorrow, we see some good results, he bounces back, and then he’s part of the rotation. That would be the ideal scenario.”
Over the weekend, Mets president of baseball operations David Stearns cited mechanical points when requested about Montas. The veteran right-hander strained his lat the primary week of spring coaching, so the Mets understood that he would wish vital time to construct as much as with the ability to pitch a regular-season workload, they usually assume the mechanical points may simply be a part of the method.
“I think physically, we’re probably trending in the right direction and now it’s just getting him back into the rhythm,” Stearns mentioned Friday. “This is very similar to a spring training ramp-up, where you try not to focus on results too much early in the ramp. Then, as you get a little bit later in the ramp, you’d like to start seeing outs. And I think that’s where Frankie is right now.”
Mendoza watched the final bullpen Montas threw at Citi Subject. Whereas Montas felt superb bodily, there have been some indicators of mechanical points.
“Not moving well mechanically on the mound as he’s going through the delivery,” Mendoza mentioned. “I watched his last bullpen at Citi Field, and he felt really good. So [pitching coach Jeremy Hefner] continues to work with him. He liked what he saw mechanically from him, even though the results weren’t there the last time he pitched. But hopefully tomorrow, we see some good results from him.”
Megill felt his “pulling” in his elbow throughout his Saturday begin in opposition to the Tampa Bay Rays. It was a very brutal begin for Megill, who went 3 2/3 innings and gave up three earned runs. An MRI confirmed a major quantity of irritation, however no harm to the ulnar collateral ligament.
The Mets have used right-hander Blade Tidwell, a high pitching prospect, as a spot-starter as soon as this 12 months, however haven’t wanted one in any other case. Montas, Manaea and Paul Blackburn have been all injured in spring coaching, however the 5 starters the Mets opened the season with — Senga, Megill, Clay Holmes, David Peterson, and Griffin Canning — have all been wholesome till final week, when Senga strained his proper hamstring Thursday in opposition to the Washington Nationals.
Tidwell final pitched June 15, so if the Mets need to give him further relaxation they might deliver him to Philadelphia. Brandon Sproat, one other high prospect, is about to begin for Syracuse on Wednesday.
