Bay Injury

So the first major player on the Mets landed on the DL this afternoon (sorry, I don't count Ronny Cedeno as a major player), as Jason Bay will be out the next few weeks with a dislocated rib.

As much as this should hurt the Mets, it probably won't.  As been the case for the first two years, Bay hasn't been lighting it up for the Mets offensively so his bat out of the lineup can potentially be a positive.

For the time being, it'll probably mean a combination of Mike Baxter and Scott Hairston in left field, but that can change soon.  When Andres Torres come off the DL, left field can become the home for Kirk Nieuwenhuis.  Another possibility is to shift Nieuwenhuis to left sooner than later and play Jordany Valdespin in center field; one of three positions he has played in the minors.

Or the Mets can do something completely head scratching because, well, they're the Mets.