It doesn’t take long for things to go south for the New York Mets. They started out 4-0 and seemed poised to win all 162 games this season. But, while it’s still very, very possible, it’s going to be much more difficult now that David Wright will have to sit down for a bit.
Monday night, Wright dove back to a bag and messed up his pinkie finger. And according to Andy McCullough of the Newark Star-Ledger, the finger is busted.
“David Wright has a small fracture in his pinkie. No surgery. Will wear a splint. Timetable is unclear right now,” McCullough tweets.
While there is definitely a crack in the pinkie, Wright is hoping that he doesn’t have to hit the DL.
“No one ever really wants to go on the DL. Hopefully, that’s not the case this time,” Wright said.
As of now, Wright is out indefinitely and we’ll have to see what the team plans to do with him. Obviously, not letting the finger heal properly this early in the season (with an undefeated season on the line) is a bad idea.