Daily Archives: May 12, 2009
Carlos Delgado missed last night’s game due to a chronic hip issue, which he initially hurt sliding into the home on April 26.
Prior to yesterday’s game, Jerry Manuel said the hip injury is a ‘concern,’ noting Delgado is not likely to play tonight.
Omar Minaya told reporters Delgado has an inflamed hip joint, and could also have tendinitis.
In the New York Times, Ben Shpigel points out, “Delgado’s right hip ailment has been described by the Mets over the last two weeks as soreness, discomfort, inflammation and tendinitis… Delgado said he had an impingement.”
…ahh, yes, nothing like mixed messages and confused language from the Mets to ease my mind when it comes to injuries… ugh…
According to multiple reports, Delgado did not indicate when he would return to the lineup – but, it should be noted he missed four consecutive starts a few weeks ago, when the injury first became an issue.
Last week, Manuel explained, “There will be days he’ll feel kind of cranky 
and days where he feels good. We’ll have to find that balance.”
Delgado acknowledged a trip to the disabled list is a possibility, and something he would prefer should the pain continue.
However, the team insisted two weeks ago that such a move would do little to improve the soreness, and discomfort, and inflammation and tendinitis, or the impingement.
Delgado’s MRI did not reveal a torn labrum, which is what forced Alex Rodriguez and Chase Utley to have surgery.
In the New York Post, Mark Hale explains, “Delgado had the same injury last year in spring training, but after he took a cortisone shot, he was fine. He did receive a cortisone shot a couple weeks ago, but this time it has not worked.”
“Well, he has a right to a second opinion,” Minaya said, according to Shpigel. “But we’re comfortable and he’s comfortable with our doctors.”
Speaking of injuries…
Minaya also said Brian Schneider was scratched from his extended spring training game yesterday, saying there is no timetable for when he will return to action.
SNY’s Kevin Burkhardt and I will be conducting a quick, web-exclusive interview with Jerry Manuel for SNY.TV before tomorrow’s game.
…i’d like to bring two or three questions from MetsBlog readers…
To submit a question, use the comment box below:
Last night, Jerry Manuel pulled Johan Santana, who had thrown 108 pitches through one out in the seventh inning, with a runner standing on first, one out and the game tied at one.
Bobby Parnell relieved Santana to get one out, allowing the runner from first to advance to second.
…i probably would have left santana in, but that’s because i think he’s the best pitcher in the game, and i trust him, and i would be incapable of telling him to leave… that said, when manuel yanked him, i worried, but i trust the bullpen, and parnell had been great all season, and Pedro Feliciano was warming up to face a left-handed hitter, so the inning was on target to go according to plan…
As predicted, Manuel then turned to LHP Pedro Feliciano to face the left-handed hitting Brian McCann, who entered the at bat hitting .143 against lefties.
McCann slapped a routine ground ball to Jose Reyes, which would have ended the inning, but Reyes bobbled the ball, McCann was safe at first, with runners advancing to second and third.
Instead of pulling Feliciano in favor of Brian Stokes to face Matt Diaz, who is hitting just .188 in his last 100 at bats against right-handed pitching, Manuel left Feliciano in to face Diaz, who is hitting .286 this season against left-handed pitching, and who hit .319 against lefties last season.
Naturally, McCann singled to left field, driving in the game’s deciding runs.
…i don’t get it… i give feliciano credit, he did his job to get the ground ball from mccann… the inning should have been over… but, after that, there was just no good reason to leave feliciano in, especially since a rested and effective stokes was warmed up and ready to pitch in the bullpen… it just makes zero sense, and is counter to everything manuel promised to do with the bullpen, which is to create roles and stick with them… bizarre…
…at the same time, as is often the case when the Mets lose, though santana pitched well, the team struggled to score runs – against Derek Lowe, who looked very good last night– they played sloppy defense, and didn’t hit with runners in scoring position… so, the move by manuel, while confusing, wasn’t solely responsible for the loss… but it didn’t help, that’s for sure…
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Here is SNY.tv’s Post Game Extra, from last night’s loss to the Braves, featuring clips of the game; quotes from Jerry Manuel, Johan Santana; and analysis from Ron Darling and Gary Cohen:
