A few hours after Mets captain Luis Rojas made a positive update on the right-handed Carlos Carrascowith elbow pain, Carrasco is now heading for an MRI to assess the extent of a strain in the tendon of his right leg, reports Anthony DiComo of MLB.com (via Twitter) Carrasco apparently suffered the new injury by doing the conditioning job after this morning’s 20-shot simulated inning.
Given the new injury, DiComo notes that it is “extremely difficult” to see Carrasco ready to enter the opening day rotation. That elbow discomfort had already paralyzed him for eight days, and while he had been strengthening in parallel sessions before that, Carrasco has not yet thrown in a Grapefruit League game.
Obviously, a timetable for the injury cannot be known, but it is an unfavorable start, however, for the tenure of the talented Mets of the mighty. Carrasco, 34, came to the Mets next door Francisco lindor in the highly successful business that sent a potential package with the title Andres Gimenez to Cleveland during the winter. It should prominently factor in a deep Mets rotation, joining Jacob deGrom, Marcus Stroman and Taijuan Walker among the first four projected members of the team.
If Carrasco is unable to go on Opening Day, it seems likely that we will see two members of what increasingly seems to be a rotating three-horse race making the club. David Peterson, Joey Lucchesi and Jordan Yamamoto everyone has been competing for the work of the fifth starter and everyone has done well.