Regardless of how promising things get for the New York Mets, it always seems the dark cloud hangs over the collective heads of the franchise.
After two straight dominating starts, their No. 1 prospect and No. 54 in MLB according to MLB.com, Steven Matz has been shut down due to a slightly torn lat muscle on his left side.
It is unclear whether it was injured during his last start in Los Angeles, in which he threw 6 shutout innings against the Dodgers.
Now the Stony Brook native will have to sit out and watch the Mets attempt to shave off some of their three-game deficit in the NL East standings.
If there is any silver lining it is that a) with the All Star Break and the 6-man rotation, the Mets dont really need Matz for another two weeks and b) with his innings limit on 2015, it could benefit him pitching into September as opposed to being shut down early.
Nevertheless, it is not the news the Mets were hoping for and it completely came out of nowhere four days after he pitched.
Matz is a quiet person by nature and is not one to complain, but if he was feeling any sort of tightness before his last start, he should have never pitched.
