NEW YORK -- Mets reliever Dario Alvarez will miss at least two weeks with the strained left groin that he suffered earlier this week, manager Terry Collins said, putting his playoff availability very much in doubt.
Alvarez, a September callup, was a dark-horse candidate to make the Mets' playoff roster due to the club's inability to find a healthy, effective lefty specialist. But he left Tuesday's game against the Marlins with a strained groin, and subsequently traveled to Port St. Lucie, Fla., for rehab.
Three days later, Collins discussed the increasingly real possibility that his team wades through October without a lefty specialist.