The Mets’ shrinking pitching depth took one other blow Tuesday evening, as Marcus Stroman left his begin towards the Braves with left hip soreness.
The fitting-hander had thrown three pitches within the high of the second inning when he walked off the again of the mound, resulting in a go to from supervisor Luis Rojas, pitching coach Jeremy Hefner and a coach.
Stroman spoke to the workers, threw a warmup pitch, talked extra, threw two extra warmup pitches, after which after a closing dialog, left the sector with the coach. The Mets changed Stroman with Yennsy Diaz.
It was not instantly clear what Stroman injured, but it surely was simply the newest hit for the Mets’ pitching workers.
Earlier on Tuesday, appearing GM Zack Scott introduced that Joey Lucchesi would bear season-ending Tommy John surgical procedure on Thursday. They’re additionally with out Noah Syndergaard (Tommy John surgical procedure) and Carlos Carrasco (hamstring pressure) for the foreseeable future, whereas one other depth starter, Jordan Yamamoto, can also be on the 60-day IL with shoulder soreness.
To make issues worse, the Mets had been with out lengthy reliever Robert Gsellman, who went on the injured listing Monday with a torn lat.
Stroman had been placing collectively a robust season, bringing a 2.35 ERA (throughout a team-high 14 begins) into Tuesday.
