New York Mets

The Mets haven’t said how long they expect Noah Syndergaard to be sidelined by a partial tear in his lat muscle, but general manager Sandy Alderson said it would be measured in weeks rather than days.

Perhaps he should have said months rather than weeks.

Mets left-hander Steven Matz missed two months because of a similar injury in 2015, and the

New York Post reported Syndergaard likely would be out at least three months. Syndergaard said he wouldn’t even begin throwing for six weeks.

The Mets got one small piece of good news when a second opinion from orthopedic surgeon Neal El-Attrache found no further damage beyond what team doctors had diagnosed. Syndergaard left an April 30 start at the Washington Nationals because of the injury, just days after his start was pushed back because of biceps trouble and after he declined the team’s request to have an MRI exam.

With Matz and Seth Lugo unavailable, the Mets were scrambling for starting pitchers. They started Rafael Montero in Syndergaard’s place, and two days later they had to call up Adam

Wilk after Matt Harvey was suspended for three games for violating unspecified team rules.

Catcher Travis d’Arnaud went on the disabled list for the sixth time in his five-year bigleague career, this time because of a bone bruise in his right wrist. D’Arnaud was hurt when he hit the bat of Philadelphia Phillies outfielder Aaron Altherr while making a throw to second base.

The Mets had another injury to deal with when shortstop As

drubal Cabrera hurt his left thumb while diving to stop a ground ball. Alderson didn’t rule out promoting top prospect

Amed Rosario from Class AAA Las Vegas, but in the short term the Mets moved Jose Reyes to short and said they would play

Wilmer Flores and T.J. Rivera at third base.