Friday, April 30, 2004
Mets 6, Dodgers 1
Jae Weong Seo pitched well, as I figured he might. Karim Garcia and Mike Cameron each homered for the first time. And the Mets took two out of three on the road from a pretty good Dodgers team. And all of that is overshadowed by this.
Jose Reyes suffered another setback, having to remove himself in the fourth inning of last night's St. Lucie Mets game due to some pain in his leg. "He didn't aggravate [it] but he wasn't feeling 100 percent," Mets general manager Jim Duquette told reporters. "When he was running down the line he felt it." But the most interesting thing to me is this quote from the ESPN article: "Duquette also said that Reyes originally suffered a Grade 2 strain -- more severe than the Grade 1 injury initially described."
So what does this mean? Well, I think it must mean one of three things. First, the Mets are incompetent. Second, the Mets were lying to us when Reyes first got hurt. Or third, they're lying to us now. I would have no trouble believing any of these things, but it's still frustrating to learn that the Mets have seemingly been understating the severity of the injury in a manner that only served to make Reyes look bad for not being back by now. Why they would do that is anyone's guess, and I doubt any sort of satisfactory explanation will be forthcoming. The Mets don't seem to be ruling out Reyes' returning at some point during the upcoming homestand, but what reason do we have to put any stock in what they say? Either the medical staff is inept or the front office is misleading the public, and in either case, I'll believe Reyes is ready to play about a week after he steps onto a major league field.
Tonight, the Mets, without Reyes or Cliff Floyd who may or may not be back next week, head to San Diego to start a series with the Padres. Tyler Yates (1-2, 4.26) takes on Brian Lawrence (2-2, 4.97). ¶ joe | 3:20 PM |
Jae Weong Seo pitched well, as I figured he might. Karim Garcia and Mike Cameron each homered for the first time. And the Mets took two out of three on the road from a pretty good Dodgers team. And all of that is overshadowed by this.
Jose Reyes suffered another setback, having to remove himself in the fourth inning of last night's St. Lucie Mets game due to some pain in his leg. "He didn't aggravate [it] but he wasn't feeling 100 percent," Mets general manager Jim Duquette told reporters. "When he was running down the line he felt it." But the most interesting thing to me is this quote from the ESPN article: "Duquette also said that Reyes originally suffered a Grade 2 strain -- more severe than the Grade 1 injury initially described."
So what does this mean? Well, I think it must mean one of three things. First, the Mets are incompetent. Second, the Mets were lying to us when Reyes first got hurt. Or third, they're lying to us now. I would have no trouble believing any of these things, but it's still frustrating to learn that the Mets have seemingly been understating the severity of the injury in a manner that only served to make Reyes look bad for not being back by now. Why they would do that is anyone's guess, and I doubt any sort of satisfactory explanation will be forthcoming. The Mets don't seem to be ruling out Reyes' returning at some point during the upcoming homestand, but what reason do we have to put any stock in what they say? Either the medical staff is inept or the front office is misleading the public, and in either case, I'll believe Reyes is ready to play about a week after he steps onto a major league field.
Tonight, the Mets, without Reyes or Cliff Floyd who may or may not be back next week, head to San Diego to start a series with the Padres. Tyler Yates (1-2, 4.26) takes on Brian Lawrence (2-2, 4.97). ¶ joe | 3:20 PM |
