Apr 11
From the Mets Media Relations Department.
“Last night, David Wright jammed the fifth finger of his right hand. An X-ray revealed a small fracture at the middle joint of the finger. This is a non-operative injury. The finger will be splinted and reevaluated tomorrow. David can return to baseball activity as tolerated.”
Ok so far no need for amputation …. Yet
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9 comments
Dave
4/11/2012-4:27am at 4:27 am (UTC -4)
Oh no…..not again!!
srt
4/11/2012-7:43am at 7:43 am (UTC -4)
So…..I’m assuming it’s all a matter of when the swelling goes down, coupled with when he can bend the finger and swing a bat.
Wonder how long they’ll ‘monitor’ it.
Dang, I really wanted all hands on deck for that Philly series.
Stickguy
4/11/2012-8:44am at 8:44 am (UTC -4)
I don’t want to overreact in terms of DL if not needed, but do it if this is likely to be at least a week. Bench is just not strong enough (especially with a couple of guys starting that are less than stellar on D) to carry a dead spot..
I have no real idea what needs to happen, but I think you have it right. Just hard to see that in less than say 5 days?
So, obviously he misses today’s game. Then tomorrow off, so have someone from AAA waiting in Philly, and make a pre-game decision before Friday’s game. that would be almost 4 days since the injury, and 3 days since treatment (splint, drugs). That should be enough time to have a pretty good idea how it is responding.
srt
4/11/2012-8:56am at 8:56 am (UTC -4)
I’m hoping if it shows no improvement by Friday that they’ll just DL him. What’s the point of playing a man down for a week? Yes, the DL will cost him 2 weeks so I can see them stretching this as long as they can before DL’ing him.
Dang….MLB really needs to change it’s rules some. An injury like this might benefit from a full week’s rest but the only 2 choices in that scenario would be to play a man short for that week or lose the player for 15 days.
Stickguy
4/11/2012-9:01am at 9:01 am (UTC -4)
a 7 day DL does make sense, at least for non-pitchers. I know they have a shorter one in the minors, but I forget the details.
and yeah, they should have a much better idea by Friday.
trs86
4/11/2012-9:09am at 9:09 am (UTC -4)
I think they put one in this season but only for concussions.
srt
4/11/2012-9:23am at 9:23 am (UTC -4)
That’s what I thought too.
Not sure why they can’t just have a 7 day DL across the board. I’m sure it’s got something to do with some mindset of taking advantage of it, although I can’t think of how.
Stickguy
4/11/2012-9:33am at 9:33 am (UTC -4)
maybe wanting to have a guy avoid a string of LHPs or something by hiding him on the DL for a week?
trs86
4/11/2012-9:45am at 9:45 am (UTC -4)
I would imagine it’s about the minor league players too.