Carlos Carrasco fractures his pinky finger and will miss the rest of the 2023 season
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The 36-year-old right-hander is a free agent at the end of the season
September 5, 2023
WASHINGTON — Mets quarterback Carlos Carrasco was in the weight room at Citi Field Sunday when, according to manager Buck Showalter, he dropped a 50-pound dumbbell on his right pinky finger and broke it. Carrasco then had a pin stuck in his finger and he was placed on the injured list prior to Tuesday’s game against the Nationals.
Typical recovery for this type of injury is 4-6 weeks. The Mets do not expect Carrasco to return this season.
“He’s going to apply again next year for someone,” Showalter said. “We’ll see if it works for us or not.”
The injury sets up an outsider in a disappointing season for Carrasco, who missed some time early in the year with a bone spur on his right elbow. When healthy, Carrasco routinely struggled, producing a 6.80 ERA over 20 starts—the highest in the major leagues among pitchers with at least 90 innings pitched.
“It was wild in the area a lot,” Showalter said. “It’s been pretty much a thing. He’s had some good outings this year, but not as many as he would have liked or we would have liked.”
The injury is likely to end not only Carrasco’s season, but his Mets career as well. The 36-year-old will be a free agent in November and clearly not fit to move forward with the franchise.
The team originally acquired Carrasco in the deal that also netted shortstop Francisco Lindor from the Guardians in January 2021. His first season in New York was marked by injury, as Carrasco missed the entire first inning with a torn right hamstring and produced a 6.04 ERA. upon his return. But the right-hander rebounded to start 29 games in 2022, tying the team lead with 15 wins while posting a 3.97 ERA.
That performance was enough for the Mets to land a $14 million club option in Carrasco’s contract, hoping to unlock more of what made him one of baseball’s most consistent and enduring players from 2014 to 2018. It simply didn’t happen.
“We banked on him, and it just didn’t work out for him,” Showalter said.
To replace Carrasco on the active roster, the Mets called up reliever Sam Conrod from Triple-A Syracuse. Rookie Jose Boto will start Wednesday against the national team in what was Carrasco’s place in the rotation.
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