The New York Mets got some news on when they can expect right-hander Max Scherzer back following an injury suffered on Wednesday.
Scherzer is expected to miss six-to-eight weeks due to a “moderate to high grade” oblique strain, the team announced.
Scherzer removed himself from Wednesday’s game against the St. Louis Cardinals in the sixth inning “due to left side discomfort.”
Max Scherzer motions to the dugout and leaves the game in the middle of the 6th: pic.twitter.com/EG5DkMTBN2
— SNY (@SNYtv) May 19, 2022
“Just felt a zing on my left side and just knew I was done,” Scherzer said on Wednesday. “When I felt it, I just knew there’s no way you can throw another pitch, so just get out of there.”
The three-time Cy Young Award winner threw 87 pitches in that game and still notched the victory, improving to 5-1 with a 2.54 ERA this season, his first with the Mets following a three-year, $130 million contract signing in the offseason.
Pitcher injuries have become pretty commonplace for the Mets this season. Jacob deGrom is still out due to a shoulder injury suffered in spring training while Tylor Megill was placed on the injured list with biceps tendinitis after his first six starts.
Mets fans know the dread that comes with these kinds of injuries all too well. That seemed to be apparent in the reactions that cropped up following the news on Thursday.
Starting to feel like a real Mets season (derogatory) https://t.co/D5r74zTdR5
— Art from Friends at the Table (@atebbel) May 19, 2022
what is the Mets' record on exceeding the "general timeline" for injuries https://t.co/7seLbdmkjA
— Just For The Craic (@cdgoldstein) May 19, 2022
So happy this wasn't tweeted as a Photoshop statement https://t.co/Mbe7rIO1n3
— Clem (@TheClemReport) May 19, 2022
obliques were created by doctors to sell more injuries https://t.co/4tiwbBnEnD
— Matthew Roberson (@mroberson22) May 19, 2022
Any other season I would call it. I’d say this is the Big C. But with the best record in the NL, a productive offense, and Cohen & Billy at the helm making moves, and the team motto this year, I can’t give up yet.
But damn does that change absolutely everything https://t.co/0IiSCm21zv
— KFC (@KFCBarstool) May 19, 2022
I hate this timeline https://t.co/RHMKKAx0t6
— JT Terán (@jt_teran) May 19, 2022
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