Mets reliever Sam Coonrod will miss time because of lat pressure
PORT ST. LUCIE — The competitors for Mets bullpen jobs is rising thinner by the day.
On Wednesday, the group introduced right-hander Sam Coonrod had been recognized with a high-grade lat pressure that may hold him sidelined for an unspecified time-frame.
Coonrod had pitched 5 scoreless innings in 5 appearances this spring with seven strikeouts.
Coonrod’s damage occurred throughout every week Bryce Montes de Oca was shut down due to a stress response in his proper elbow.
Lefty reliever Brooks Raley is nursing a strained left hamstring and hasn’t but resumed throwing from the mound — though he’s hopeful he shall be prepared for Opening Day — and the Mets returned Rule 5 decide Zach Greene to the Yankees after an ineffective stretch.
The Mets claimed the 30-year-old Coonrod off waivers from the Phillies final month.
He final pitched Tuesday in an exhibition recreation in opposition to the Nationals.
“He got here off the sector after throwing his final pitch — pretty much as good as any pitch he threw — and felt [the lat] sort of tighten up beneath,” supervisor Buck Showalter stated.
“I believe once they did the take a look at and the imaging as we speak our guys had been nervous about what they may discover. [Coonrod] was having an awesome spring and … pitching pretty much as good as anyone in camp.”
The Mets presumably have two bullpen spots which can be unsettled, with John Curtiss, Stephen Nogosek, Elieser Hernandez and Jeff Brigham among the many names in rivalry for these positions.
Kodai Senga is ready for a return to the rotation for Thursday’s recreation in opposition to the Nationals in West Palm Seaside.
The proper-hander Senga was scratched from his final begin with tendinitis on the base of his proper index finger.
In his lone Grapefruit League begin, Senga allowed one earned run over two innings in opposition to the Cardinals on March 5.
Tomas Nido continued his sizzling spring coaching by blasting a fifth-inning homer for the Mets’ solely run of their 5-1 loss to the Cardinals.
Nido additionally homered in opposition to the Marlins on Monday and is batting .385 within the Grapefruit League.