David Wright has struggled to stay healthy over the last few years, sidelined by a number of injuries and diagnoses.
The latest ailment to strike the Mets’ 34-year-old captain was reportedly diagnosed as a right shoulder impingement. However, accounts indicate that Wright is seeking a second opinion from orthopedists outside the team. The result of that consult was not immediately known.
Wright’s most serious issue to date has been spinal stenosis, which can have significant implications for anyone, but particularly so for an athlete. He underwent a cervical discectomy and fusion last June to alleviate pressure on one or more spinal nerves as a result of a disc herniation, as well as the stenosis.