The injury-beleaguered Mets received another dose of bitter news Thursday when lefthander Steven Matz was diagnosed with a partially torn lat muscle in his left side.
The Ward Melville product will be shut down from all throwing for three weeks, the Mets announced, making him the latest critical member of the team to miss extended time.
After Matz's last start on Sunday, manager Terry Collins revealed that he experienced tightness in his lat region after his big-league debut on June 28. But Collins did not express concern about the injury.
Neither did Matz, who insisted after allowing two hits in six shutout innings against the Dodgers on Sunday that the lat issue did not impact his performance.