As the Marlins were on, I was unable to see the game. Blackout. So I didn’t see any video of hear of Paul LoDuca’s injury until later last evening. So he makes it to the DL with his hamstring afterall.

Aggravating a hamstring that’s previously been injured is not good and usually increases in severity. More fibers in the muscle itself become torn. It will take the 15 days and probably a little more to get LoDuca well.

I’ve always felt that this one was LoDuca’s fault. He browbeat everyone to keep from going on the DL. Maybe he was even less than candid about the way he felt. His motivations are understandable, but yes, cooler heads should have prevailed the first time. Matt Cerrone’s criticism that the Mets try to float injured guys along with putting them on the DL is a fair one.

Fortunately for the Mets, they play well with Ramon Castro behind the plate and the club has alot of confidence in him.