New York Mets to finally work on health and conditioning issues

Finally the New York Mets are going to step into the current day with their strength and conditioning.

It’s about time, isn’t it? The New York Mets have had so much difficulty with injuries over the last few years it isn’t even fair. How is any manager supposed to lead a team when his entire team leaves the building at various times for medical treatment? It is a wonder that the Mets did as well as they did if you take all of the injuries into account. We saw Ray Ramirez (trainer) on the filed more often than some of the players.

Now Ramirez is gone. Mickey Callaway has entered the picture to lead the team, and Dave Eiland is coming back to New York to be the pitching coach. With the new arrivals come new attitudes. Eiland and Callaway were trying to bring modern techniques into Queens (per Joe D, Metsmerized Online):

"The Mets are now ready to catch up with all these modern methods after years of being decimated by injuries, some of which could have been avoided with something as simple as keeping their players well hydrated during games."

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Imagine that. All the Mets had to do was put in the work and study and they could have figured out how to point these kids in the direction of health. Stay hydrated??? Any one of us could have told them that, and I bet we would do it for less money too.

The Mets are also slated to hire a “High Performance Director” who will be given the responsibility to hold everyone accountable and make sure the program is doing what it is supposed to be doing.

First and foremost, the fact that Ramirez is gone should be music to everyone’s ears. After all of this time, it is clear that he had to go. When that many players are injured, consistently, under your watch, you don’t belong in the role of athletic trainer anymore. What ever he may be doing to help these players out either isn’t be heard or has stopped working.

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The techniques had to change as well. Einstein said that insanity is to the same thing over and over again but expect a different result. The pitchers all got hurt. That’s not just bad luck. Something is wrong how they handle their bodies. If they can bring in someone that can teach them to do it better, I am all in.