Alou injured.. for the 10,000th time..

According to an article for MLB.com, the Mets starting LF -- Moises Alou -- will miss the next 4-6 weeks with a sports hernia. This is a pretty big blow to the Mets' lineup considering the guy mashed lefties at a .360 pace and hit an overall of .341. Alou has also missed time for the past 5 seasons due to injury. Including last year in which he only played in 89 games due to a strained right quad.

The two biggest question marks for the Mets are now..Who will replace Alou while he is out with injury and who will be the fifth starter?

These questions remain to be answered, but we will find out within the next 27 days... My best quess would have to be Endy Chavez replacing Alou or Angel Pagan, who has been mashing the ball during the first week or two of the spring.

Race for the 5th starter...

Candidate #1: Orlando Hernandez

Candidate #2: Mike Pelfrey

Race for the starting LF job:

• Endy Chavez
• Angel Pagan
• Fernando Martinez?
• Marlon Anderson

Whats your best guess?

Weekly Injury Report

As of right now, the Mets are hurting, literally. Lets take a look at who is injured..

• Our starting 1B Carlos Delgado, is on the mend after taking a trip back to New York City to get his hip examined. He should be back playing within the next 7-10 days.

• Carlos Beltran, Damion Easley, Luis Castillo, Endy Chavez, Jose Valentin and Ben Johnson have not played in a game yet.

• Ruben Gotay sprained his ankle while on his way to scoring the winning run in yesterdays game. He is scheduled for a CT scan tomorrow.

• Ryan Church was also injured in yesterdays exhibition game against the Dodgers. He and Marlon Anderson collided while chasing a pop fly in shallow RF. Both Anderson and Church are expected to be ready to play within the week.

... the Mets expect most of these players to be ready on opening day. Lets just hope that injury's dont define what is to come from the Mets in the summer of 08.