Baseball is particularly notorious for strange injuries, and the New York Mets seem particularly victimized by those. From Noah Syndergaard’s 2018 case of hand, foot, and mouth disease through Michael Conforto getting concussed running into teammate Robinson Cano in 2019 to Yoenis Cespedes suffering multiple ankle fractures from a fall on his ranch a week after the Conforto-Cano collision to Francisco Lindor slamming his finger in a hotel room door earlier this week, the Metsing has often intensified when it comes to odd injuries. And the latest case there is pitcher Max Scherzer (already out rehabbing from an oblique strain), who got bit…by his own dog.
https://twitter.com/nypostsports/status/1533153970084057088?s=21&t=of8s3JcLF33k5wp35srHbg
Here’s more from that story, by Mike Puma:
Max Scherzer has a new injury to mend, but likely not one that will cost him additional time on the injured list.
At home in Florida, the Mets right-hander was bitten by one of his dogs in recent days, according to a source. The bite was to Scherzer’s non-pitching (left) hand, lessening the team’s concern. Scherzer is on the IL with an oblique strain and rehabbing for a potential July return to the Mets.
Puma also included this photo of Scherzer’s dogs from last year, which noted that they, like he, have differently-colored eyes:
Max Scherzer's dogs have different colored eyes
I freaking love this pic.twitter.com/U6huojcxc7
— Blake Harris (@BlakeHHarris) August 5, 2021
Fortunately, it doesn’t sound like this particular injury will add to the amount of time Scherzer is out. The 37-year-old Scherzer (seen at top during an April game) has been quite effective this year, posting a 2.54 ERA, 1.6 bWAR and 1.2 fWAR, and a 5-1 record in 49.2 innings so far. So the Mets would certainly like him back as soon as possible, and hopefully the dog bite won’t delay that. But this is notable for, in contrast to the oft-repeated journalism aphorism from Alfred Harmsworth and/or John B. Bogart, being a significant dog-bites-man story.
Update: Here’s Scherzer’s comment on this:
— Max Scherzer (@Max_Scherzer) June 4, 2022
[The New York Post; photo from Joe Camporeale/USA Today Sports]
