It’s not surprising that injuries can have a substantial impact on team performance during the course of a baseball season. Mercifully, the Atlanta Braves have largely escaped serious harm thus far – weathering absences by Luiz Gohara, Tyler Flowers and Dansby Swanson. Hopefully that will be the case for Ronald Acuña Jr as well.
That has clearly not been so for the Mets. Even today, they placed Noah Syndergaard on the disabled list for a ligament strain to the index finger on his pitching hand.
In just the month of May, here’s their list of woe:
- Matt Harvey – designated and then traded (though Devin Mesoraco is helping them)
- Todd Frazier – 10-day disabled list (left hamstring strain; just starting rehab now)
- Jacob deGrom – on the 10-day disabled list for a hyper-extended elbow.