Hoping for healthy arms, Mets seek 3rd straight playoff trip (Yahoo Sports)

Injuries hit the New York Mets where it hurt last season, and they're becoming a pain again. Part-time center fielder Juan Lagares strained an oblique and, more unsettling, pitcher Steven Matz was scratched from a scheduled start because of tenderness in his left elbow. Matz, who underwent Tommy John surgery early in his professional career, had bone spurs removed from the elbow last fall.