Day: April 22, 2017

Here we are 17 games into the season and already the 8-9 Mets are at a crossroads. A litany of injuries is testing their depth, the depth they were so proud to talk about throughout spring training. They also need to learn why injuries, especially hamstring injuries that have sidelined left fielder Yoenis Cespedes and shortstop Asdrubal Cabrera, continue to slow this team. All those injuries hurt as the Mets fell to the Nationals, 4-3 in 11 innings on a cold, damp Friday night at Citi Field, their sixth loss in seven games. The 11-5 Nats had their superstar, Bryce Harper, and he was the difference. The Mets have all this good starting pitching, but it is going to waste because of the lack of

Scott Lauber ESPN Staff Writer Scott Lauber covers the Boston Red Sox for ESPN.com. Follow on Twitter BALTIMORE — In the end, Dustin Pedroia might have been spooked as much as he was spiked. While several Boston Red Sox players and even manager John Farrell seethed late Friday night over a hard, high slide into second base by Baltimore Orioles star Manny Machado, Pedroia walked through the clubhouse gingerly but without a limp or a noticeable scrape on the back of his left calf. Although the Red Sox second baseman surely will be sore Saturday morning, there’s also a decent chance he’s back in the lineup in the evening, lucky to escape a serious injury after having his surgically repaired knee