Ah, the dreaded cortisone shot. It rears it’s ugly head again as the time away from the boot hasn’t helped Ike Davis make as much progress as he’d like. The discomfort is back, and so is the needle full of cortisone. No baseball activity for the near future, and surgery if the pain doesn’t go away. It’s the pop-up that keeps on giving.
While nobody is forgetting that the Mets have been playing well without Davis and Wright, who starts rehabbing on Friday (selfishly hoping that the rehab includes a stop in Brooklyn on Monday but I’m not holding my breath), one wonders if Davis being out through the trading deadline affects any decision regarding wheeling, dealing, and restocking the system with C+ prospects. That goes for Carlos Beltran, that goes for Jason Isringhausen, or anyone else that could bring back some players who will help Buffalo win their division keep from depending on Miguel Batista to single handedly get them to .500.
The good news is that the divine plan to have the Mets face seven all-stars in a row was intervened divinely by the Phillies, who are throwing Vance Worley and Kyle Kendrick instead of Doc Halladay and Cliff Lee. Worley, Cole Hamels, and Kendrick gives the Mets an outside chance at a sweep which could keep Alderson’s finger away from the red button. Though I doubt even a sweep would prevent Sandy from doing what he came here to do, which is to set the Mets up better for the long term and not be fooled by the whiff of a far away pennant race (or Jeff Francoeur’s far away intangibles.)
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