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NEW YORK (4/15)-- New York Mets captain David Wright has landed on the disabled list with a strained right hamstring.
Wright underwent an MRI on Wednesday morning at the Hospital for Special Surgery in Manhattan. He received a cortisone injection and will be idle for at least two days, the team announced.
Eric Campbell has been promoted from Triple-A Las Vegas to take Wright's roster spot.
while stealing second base in the eighth inning Tuesday night against thePhiladelphia Phillies, putting a damper on Matt Harvey's first home start since Aug. 24, 2013. Wright tried to stay in the game, but asked to depart five pitches later.
Wright strongly hinted at a looming DL stint after Tuesday's game. He suggested it is smarter to miss two weeks now than to try to play through the injury and potentially worsen his situation. He learned that lesson when he tried to play through a right hamstring strain in 2013. He injured the muscle more severely and ultimately missed seven weeks.
"A couple of feet before the bag I just felt my hamstring grab," Wright said. "I thought it might be something that I could stretch out a little bit. But then I took a couple of secondary leads and just realized that if the ball was put in play I wouldn't have been able to do anything positive, that's for sure. It took a couple a pitches and it didn't get any better. That's when I thought I'd rather say something and hopefully catch this thing before I make the same mistake I made a couple of years ago, when I tried to play through it and made it worse.
"Anytime you feel something like that, you hope that it goes away. And this just didn't go away."
The Mets actually suffered three injuries in Tuesday's game. Left fielder Michael Cuddyer and shortstop Wilmer Flores were hit on their hands with second-inning pitches from Phillies right-hander David Buchanan.
Cuddyer was forced to leave the game. X-rays of his left hand -- by a knuckle -- were negative, and Cuddyer hoped he could play Wednesday. Flores, who had swelling in his right hand, completed the game.
"I feel all right," Cuddyer said. "I'm obviously relieved it's not broken. It's a little sore, but I'll be fine. I don't think it's severe. As of right now, I don't think I'll need any days [off], but we'll see how it feels in the morning."
The Mets, who opened the season with a four-man bench and eight-man bullpen, had to use backup catcher Anthony Recker to finish Tuesday's game once Wright departed. Campbell was the odd-man out in spring training when the Mets decided to carry a four-man bench. Capable of playing the corner infield and outfield positions, he was hitting .550 (11-for-20) with two homers and six RBIs in six Pacific Coast League games. He was pulled from Las Vegas' game on Tuesday night at Sacramento in the third inning.
Wright underwent an MRI on Wednesday morning at the Hospital for Special Surgery in Manhattan. He received a cortisone injection and will be idle for at least two days, the team announced.
Eric Campbell has been promoted from Triple-A Las Vegas to take Wright's roster spot.
while stealing second base in the eighth inning Tuesday night against thePhiladelphia Phillies, putting a damper on Matt Harvey's first home start since Aug. 24, 2013. Wright tried to stay in the game, but asked to depart five pitches later.
Wright strongly hinted at a looming DL stint after Tuesday's game. He suggested it is smarter to miss two weeks now than to try to play through the injury and potentially worsen his situation. He learned that lesson when he tried to play through a right hamstring strain in 2013. He injured the muscle more severely and ultimately missed seven weeks.
"A couple of feet before the bag I just felt my hamstring grab," Wright said. "I thought it might be something that I could stretch out a little bit. But then I took a couple of secondary leads and just realized that if the ball was put in play I wouldn't have been able to do anything positive, that's for sure. It took a couple a pitches and it didn't get any better. That's when I thought I'd rather say something and hopefully catch this thing before I make the same mistake I made a couple of years ago, when I tried to play through it and made it worse.
"Anytime you feel something like that, you hope that it goes away. And this just didn't go away."
The Mets actually suffered three injuries in Tuesday's game. Left fielder Michael Cuddyer and shortstop Wilmer Flores were hit on their hands with second-inning pitches from Phillies right-hander David Buchanan.
Cuddyer was forced to leave the game. X-rays of his left hand -- by a knuckle -- were negative, and Cuddyer hoped he could play Wednesday. Flores, who had swelling in his right hand, completed the game.
"I feel all right," Cuddyer said. "I'm obviously relieved it's not broken. It's a little sore, but I'll be fine. I don't think it's severe. As of right now, I don't think I'll need any days [off], but we'll see how it feels in the morning."
The Mets, who opened the season with a four-man bench and eight-man bullpen, had to use backup catcher Anthony Recker to finish Tuesday's game once Wright departed. Campbell was the odd-man out in spring training when the Mets decided to carry a four-man bench. Capable of playing the corner infield and outfield positions, he was hitting .550 (11-for-20) with two homers and six RBIs in six Pacific Coast League games. He was pulled from Las Vegas' game on Tuesday night at Sacramento in the third inning.
