The Mets placed second baseman Jose Valentin on the 15-day disabled list, retroactive to April 29, with a partial tear of his right ACL.
Valentin is expected to miss 2-4 weeks. The Mets will have Damion Easley and switch-hitter Ruben Gotay fill in at second base. Easley will get all the playing time against lefties, but he should lose at-bats to Gotay against righties. Easley still figures to be the better option of the two in NL-only leagues.
This is the first major injury to team FKAky. It will be a huge hole to fill while he is gone but with the addition of Hunter Pence in the starting roster I was able to move Ryan Theriot to the MI that Jose held. I would have liked to use Ryan Theriot in a different position but we will have to make due until Jose is back.
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Why do you keep referring to Jose Valentine as Javier? Is that his real name?
That is hilarious...thanks for pointing that out. Not sure what I was on when I wrote that...
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