Any word if this was really the injury all along or if this is a new injury from his "extended spring training"?

"God" must be mad at me for getting my hopes up:(

This is beyond absurd. Last year we had more injuries than the rest of the division combined, but at least our star batters (wright, delgado, reyes, beltran, santana) remained intact. So we were down to our 7th and 8th string OF...so we were down to our 4th string 2B...and our 3rd string catcher...so wagner and maine got hurt as well. It sucked, but at least the signature faces of this franchise, the keystones to our success, were still out there most games. Not so now. When the season began, the myself and most Mets fans realized that our opening day roster was better than the Phillies', and I expected to win by about 3 or 4 games. But how can we expect to do that with beltran missing nearly a month, reyes 2 months minimum, delgado 3 months minimum, and plus injuries to church, maine, redding, pagan, castillo, martinez, cora, schnieder, perez, wagner, and putz. and God knows who else is yet to go down!

I am so fuming mad right now, and the worst part is we dont have anyone to blame for all this! When a team fails, there is almost always a reason that is the fault of some of the players/coaches. But who the hell is to blame when an entire team gets carried off on a stretcher! It's just pure bad luck. Sure, some of the injuries havent been handled very well, but that can hardly be to blame because the fact that that many players have injuries in the first place, regardless of their treatment, is just obnoxiously bad luck. If any other team was merely 1/3 of the way through the season and they have 3 significant players in the lineup, bullpen, or rotation hurt, it would be considered some rough luck. We have 10, and at one point this year we had 12.

Phils fans like to make fun of the Mets for "collapsing" every year, but they have always meant it figuratively. This year, I think the literal definition of "collapsing" is a far more adequate, uh, "diagnosis" for our struggles.

The pitching hasn't been that bad save for early Oliver Perez, Redding (only every fifth day) and a couple of bad outings by JJ Putz. We're losing the offensive battle more often than not. We're really missing Reyes at the front of the lineup. And with Beltran and Wright our biggest power threats teams will find a way to work around them. So far Tatis hasn't gotten hot, Daniel Murphy isn't hitting much and Fernando Martinez has yet to show he can hit big league pitching. Right now the team offense basically rests on the combo of Castillo - Beltran - Wright. They're the three most capable hitters on the team right now and we need all of them in a groove.

I think we can survive the loss of Putz as Jerry will put Parnell in the 8th inning spot and he will do a good job in that spot.