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New addition to the New York Mets pitching staff Carlos Carrasco was hoping his elbow problems would subside to help him get on the mound for opening day. Well, he's not going to be ready for opening day, thanks to a worse injury. Carrasco was diagnosed with a torn right hamstring after undergoing an MRI, which will keep him out of action for 6-8 weeks.
Carrasco has spent most of March battling elbow soreness, but neither the Mets nor Carrasco were particularly worried he would miss significant time, if any at all. Then, on Thursday morning, he injured his right hamstring during conditioning drills. After undergoing an MRI, he was diagnosed with a torn hamstring, which will keep Carrasco out until around late April at the earliest.
Fellow Mets pitcher Marcus Stroman said of the injury to Carrasco that "It’s devastating, man. I see how hard Carrasco works, and, obviously, we need him in the rotation, I think, to be elite. I want him in the rotation badly. I know how special he is. I know how great he’s been for his career. So I’m hoping that he proceeds through this and we can get him back fairly early."
In addition to his injuries, Carrasco also arrived late to Mets camp in Port St.Lucie, Florida, because he underwent additional medical screening due to his injury history, which includes a bout with Leukemia in 2019. Despite that, he was on track for opening day until his elbow soreness came in, and now his torn hamstring.
A Mets rotation that was featuring Jacob Degrom, Stroman, Carrasco, and Taijuan Walker, with competition for the last spot in the rotation with Noah Syndergaard on the shelf, now has two open spots, until Syndergaard returns midseason. David Peterson, Joey Lucchesi, Jordan Yammamoto, and Mike Montgomery are among the candidates vying for a rotation spot alongside Degrom, Stroman, and Walker.
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