Delgado likely done for the year - MLB

Carlos Delgado was just starting to rehab with a chance of coming back in August, but that’s all on hold now as an oblique strain — as in, he strained his oblique, not that his strain was non-perpendicular in some way — has likely ended his season:

Oblique strains are potentially debilitating abdominal injuries that
have kept players younger than Delgado, 37, off the field for far
longer than two weeks. But Ricco said Delgado’s injury was not severe.

“I talked to the doctor about that,” Ricco said. “I asked about the
possibility of him being back in a couple weeks and resuming baseball
activities, and he said that was definitely a possibility. … Now how
his body responds, we’ll see.”

Is there a single thing about the health history of a 37 year-old player, or anything else about the 2009 Mets, really, that makes such optimism reasonable? Delgado is almost certainly done for the year.

PITTSBURGH — The New York Mets will have to dig out of an early-season hole without star first baseman Pete Alonso.

The leading home run hitter in the majors will miss three-to-four weeks with a bone bruise and a sprain in his left wrist.

The Mets placed Alonso on the 10-day injured list Friday, retroactive to June 8. Alonso was hit in the wrist by a 96 mph fastball from Charlie Morton in the first inning of a 7-5 loss to Atlanta on Wednesday.

Alonso traveled to New York for testing on Thursday. X-rays revealed no broken bones, but the Mets will be missing one of the premier power hitters in the game as they try to work their way back into contention in the NL East.

“We got better news than it could have been,” New York manager Buck Showalter said. “So we take that as a positive. It could have been worse.”

New York had lost six straight heading into a three-game series at Pittsburgh that began Friday. Mark Canha started at first for the Mets in the opener. Mark Vientos could also be an option, though Showalter said the coaching staff may have to use its “imagination” in thinking of ways to get by without Alonso.

“I’m not going to say someone has to step up and all that stuff,” Showalter said. “You’ve just got to be who you are.”

Even with Alonso in the lineup, the Mets have struggled to score consistently. New York is 16th in the majors in runs scored.

The team also said Friday that reliever Edwin Uceta had surgery to repair a torn meniscus in his left knee. Uceta initially went on the IL in April with what the team called a sprained left ankle. He is expected to be out for at least an additional eight weeks.

New York recalled infielder Luis Guillorme and left-handed reliever Zach Muckenhirn from Triple-A Syracuse. The Mets sent catcher Tomás Nido to Triple-A and designated reliever Stephen Nogosek for assignment.

Nogosek is 0-1 with a 5.63 ERA in 13 games this season.