Boom, Boom, BANG!

Ya knew it was going to happen eventually.  For the most part, this has been a smooth and clean Spring Training for the Mets.  Although a few minor bumps and bruises have come across, there had been nothing on the serious note... Unless you count a Scott Hairston oblique injury to be overly serious.

Well, this morning, that changed.

David Wright's sore rib cage is a bit worse than expected and he is expected to be in New York today to meet with doctors.  There's even the report that a cortisone shot will be used to help speed up the injury.  Tim Byrdak accompanied Wright to NY to get his knee checked and it was discovered that he has a torn meniscus.  Surgery is scheduled for tomorrow.

At this point the Mets do not have another set lefty reliever in their mix; although a few leftys are in camp and the team is expected to sign lefty CJ Nitkowski to a minor league deal.

We can only hope that this is the deepest extent of Met injuries in the early going.  This is not a deep team by any stretch of the imagination and any time missed because of injury will just darken the black cloud hovering over them.