If there is any team in the league that could use some good injury news, it's the Mets. Fortunately, New York got some good news on Tuesday.
Taijuan Walker's MRI came back clean after he was pulled from Monday's start with left side tightness, manager Luis Rojas told reporters on Tuesday.
"The MRI came back clean," Rojas said. "Nothing. Taijuan feels great today. Even before going in for the MRI he told our trainer that he felt really good, and he didn't feel anything."
Walker has been the team's best starting pitcher outside of Jacob deGrom this season, carrying a 2.05 ERA in 44 innings. Now both have missed time due to side tightness, but both turned in clean MRIs.
"They're just going to watch video and pay attention to his mechanics and see if there's anything causing this to tighten up throughout the outing," Rojas said. "Outing to outing hasn't been any issue."
Walker had been battling some general side soreness for most of the season, but believed it could be managed. With the MRI revealing that there is no injury that needs to be addressed, the injury-riddled Mets hope he can make his next start, but like with deGrom, they won't push it.
"It's a good thing that it's nothing," Rojas said. "We're going to take it day to day to see how he feels. The main thing right now is to see the video and the movement and what can be causing this."
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