The battered and uncompetitive New York Mets may add one more name to the list of players that are out for the season. After losing ace Matt Harvey (torn UCL) for the year and possibly captain and third baseman David Wright (hamstring strain), first baseman Ike Davis may not return to the team this season after he received a cortisone shot for a strained oblique.
Davis left Saturday's 11-3 victory over the Washington Nationals with a strained oblique muscle, and according to NBC Sports, Mets manager Terry Collins told the media he expects the 26 year old to miss the remainder of this season. Davis hurt himself swinging on a sac-fly, which can be seen below:
Davis had his second consecutive awful start to the season and even was sent down to the minors in June for his lack of production, but began to turn things around following his call up before the injury sidelined him last weekend. Davis is hitting just .205 with nine homers and 33 RBIs in his fourth big league season with the Mets, but was hitting .267 with a .872 OPS and .438 on-base percentage since his return from his stint in the minors in the beginning of July.
Davis is getting $3.15 million this season, and it's uncertain if he has a future in Flushing as NBC Sports reports he'll make at least that much money through arbitration in 2014.
Lucas Duda played first for the Mets Wednesday in the team's 5-2 victory over the Braves at Turner Field, and went 3-for-5 with a solo home run in the contest. Duda is hitting .371 with one homer and four RBIs in 11 games at first base this season.
The Mets (63-75) sit in third place in the National League East this season, 21.5 games behind Atlanta and 14.5 games out of a wildcard spot, making this season something of a lost cause.
Davis joins Harvey, who was having an incredible year, as a key player lost for the year. Harvey has a partial tear in his UCL, and will not pitch again this season. If he undergoes Tommy John surgery, the pitcher will be lost for most of, if not all, of 2014. Harvey was 9-5 with a 2.27 ERA, .931 WHIP and 191 strikeouts before his injury.
Wright is also injured, though he's vowed to return to the team sometime before the season ends. Wright was hitting .309 through 105 games with 16 homers and 54 RBIs before his injury.
Wright and Harvey are a huge part of the Mets future plans, but whether or not Davis factors into that after missing the rest of this season remains to be seen.
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