Steven Matz likely headed for MRI after elbow discomfort
Here we nooooooo again.
One day after failing to get out of the first inning in the worst beatdown in Mets history, Steven Matz is going to meet with doctors about discomfort in his left forearm and is likely to have an MRI done either Wednesday or Thursday.
Matz, who recorded just two outs Tuesday night, was pounded for seven earned runs in the 25-4 embarrassment to the Nationals. The lefty, who saw his ERA jump from 3.79, before Tuesday’s start, to 4.35, said he had been experiencing “dead arm” after the drubbing.
According to Mets manager Mickey Callaway, Matz had been dealing with the “dead-arm” issue over this last three starts, something the team had been made aware. The discomfort following Tuesday night’s start, however, was new, said Callaway.
“He felt soreness in his left forearm when he came out of the game Tuesday,” said Callaway before the Mets lost again to the Nats, 5-3, Wednesday afternoon. “We just decided the best course of action was to have him looked at, and that’s why he will be examined by our doctors tomorrow.”
In the month of July, Matz has a 6.07 ERA, a far cry from his 3.90 ERA of June and his stellar 2.25 ERA in May.
Matz has had a long history of arm injuries. Last August the 27-year-old had surgery on his pitching elbow to remove the ulnar collateral ligament. In 2016 he had surgery remove a “massive” bone spur from that same elbow. And in 2010, Matz had Tommy John surgery just one year after being drafted by the Mets in the second round.