Mets starter Marcus Stroman sidelined with torn calf muscle
NEW YORK (AP) - Now the New York Mets are 負かす／撃墜する a second 前線-line starter.
Marcus Stroman has a torn muscle in his left calf, the team 発表するd Wednesday evening - a major blow to the Mets just two days before their season opener.
The All-星／主役にする 投手 was 推定する／予想するd to follow two-time Cy Young Award 勝利者 Jacob deGrom in a rotation already minus No. 2 starter Noah Syndergaard all year because of Tommy John 外科.
Mets 経営者／支配人 Luis Rojas said the club doesn't 心配する Stroman needing 外科 and he will be 評価するd on a week-to-week basis. But with the coronavirus-延期するd season 縮めるd to 60 games, it could be difficult for the 権利-hander to return in time to 供給する much help.
"He´s good to throw, it´s just moving where the challenge is. You know, getting off the 塚 and different things like that," Rojas said. "But it´s just really unfortunate. This guy, he´s a 闘士，戦闘機, he wants to go, and it´s unfortunate that he´s not going to start in that rotation for us."
New York opens up Friday at home with deGrom on the 塚 against the Atlanta 勇敢に立ち向かうs. Steven Matz will get the ball Saturday and then newcomer Rick Porcello in the series finale Sunday.
New York Mets starting 投手 Marcus Stroman throws in the 外野 during baseball practice at Citi Field, Thursday, July 16, 2020, in New York. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
Porcello was scratched from his scheduled start in a ふりをするd game Wednesday at Citi Field and threw a 味方する 開会／開廷／会期 instead to line him up for this 週末.
Michael Wacha also is 推定する／予想するd to have a 位置／汚点／見つけ出す in the rotation, and now the Mets need to find a fifth starter.
Rojas について言及するd 権利-hander Corey Oswalt, young lefty David Peterson and 退役軍人 Erasmo 押し通す?rez as 可能性のある 交替／補充s who have been stretched out in summer （軍の）野営地，陣営 正確に for this contingency.
"権利 now our 焦点（を合わせる） is our guys, and we like them very much," Rojas said. "We like our pitching depth. I think what we have in （軍の）野営地，陣営 definitely can put us up there from a 競争の激しい 見地."
Rojas 繰り返し言うd that reliever Seth Lugo, a 変えるd starter, will remain in the bullpen.
New York went into spring training 支援する in February with six 設立するd starters for five 利用できる slots, making Matz and Wacha possible bullpen 候補者s. But then Syndergaard had 肘 外科 after the ウイルス shutdown in March, and now Stroman is sidelined 同様に.
He was placed on the 負傷させるd 名簿（に載せる）／表（にあげる） Wednesday along with reliever Robert Gsellman, who has tightness in his 権利 triceps.
"There´s no timeline," Rojas said about Gsellman. "He´s 進歩ing again. There´s a 計画（する） to get him ramped up."
The 5-foot-7 Stroman, an energetic bundle of unwavering 信用／信任, grew up on Long Island about 50 miles from Citi Field. He was acquired from Toronto before the 貿易（する） 最終期限 last July and is 適格の for 解放する／自由な 機関 after this season.
Stroman made his first All-星／主役にする team with Toronto last year. He was 6-11 with a 2.96 ERA in 21 starts for the Blue Jays before going 4-2 with a 3.77 ERA for the Mets. He pitched 184 1/3 innings 全体にわたる and twice has より勝るd 200.
The 29-year-old Stroman is 51-47 with a 3.76 ERA in 146 games, 含むing 140 starts, over six major league seasons. He was the 最高殊勲選手 of the 2017 World Baseball Classic and won a Gold Glove with the Blue Jays later that year.
Rojas said Stroman has been "grinding through" an 問題／発行する that at first he always 述べるd as muscle tightness. He took a line 運動 off the calf last Friday on the field but kept pitching and finished his work in the bullpen. He threw a 50-pitch 味方する 開会／開廷／会期 Monday, felt a little tightness and had an MRI late Tuesday night that 明らかにする／漏らすd the 涙／ほころび.
Gsellman's 傷害 その上の 使い果たすs a middle-救済 軍団 already 行方不明の 権利-handers Brad Brach and Jared Hughes. Both were placed on the 負傷させるd 名簿（に載せる）／表（にあげる） last week with no 推論する／理由 given. It´s possible they 実験（する）d 肯定的な for COVID-19, were exposed to the coronavirus or felt symptoms.
Both 投手s had been absent throughout summer （軍の）野営地，陣営, which opened July 3. The Mets aren´t commenting on players not in （軍の）野営地，陣営, 拒絶する／低下するing to give explanations.
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New York Mets 投手 Marcus Stroman throws during the first inning of a spring training baseball game against the St. Louis 枢機けい／主要なs Friday, Feb. 28, 2020, in Port St. Lucie, Fla. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
New York Mets starting 投手 Marcus Stroman throws from one 脚 during fielding 演習s at a summer baseball training （軍の）野営地，陣営 workout at CitiField, Thursday, July 9, 2020, in New York. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
