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News: Delgado’s Hip Situation

by Jordan Zakarin on March 1st, 2008 at 2:11 pm

According to the Associated Press, the Mets have sent Carlos Delgado back to New York for an MRI.

The injury is unrelated to the right hip flexor that kept Delgado sidelined for 15 games last September.

GM Omar Minaya labeled the MRI precautionary, and doesn’t expect Delgado to miss an “extended” amount of time.

There is also no urgency to find a potential long-term replacement for Delgado; Minaya believes any number of Mets’ bench players could fill the roll, including minor league 1B Michel Abreu, who is right now slotted to start the season at Triple A.

…cross your fingers, because any long term injury to Delgado really hurts this lineup, especially with Moises Alou’s fragility… that said, we’ve heard time and time again that the team is comfortable with its multi-purpose bench despite outside rumblings that they need a power hitting backup 1B/LF… we may see if that holds up soon…