New York Mets: The Jed Lowrie injury update is not even news

We have recently found out that New York Mets free agent signing, Jed Lowrie, is still not even anywhere close to rehabbing his hamstring injury. The real story is, does it even really matter?

When the New York Mets signed Jed Lowrie this offseason, it was mostly looked at as adding a veteran guy for depth and adding a guy who had no injury history. I would go as far as to argue his lack of injury history. He has played in over 150 games each of the last two years, was his best asset. However, since signing on to play for the blue and orange, he hasn’t even been healthy.

If he is not even doing the one thing he was supposed to be doing, not being hurt, then there is nothing anyone could say or do about him, his contract has just been a flop, a poor decision by the Mets and their blossoming general manager.

Please note, I don’t write this article to crap on Jed Lowire. He is simply a guy who cashed in on a deal offered to him. No one gains anything by me just sitting here writing a bashful narrative, he can’t help he is injured. While we could all maybe point fingers at the Mets and their front office for their failure to detect what is a series of pretty serious injuries, then that would make more sense.

However, I don’t even think anybody needs to be blamed for anything. The Mets don’t even need Jed Lowrie. They have Todd Frazier, who is also expensive, already getting serious playing time. Brodie Van Waganen already struck gold with the J.D. Davis signing. While Davis isn’t spectacular, he is at least capable.

Plus, the Mets have gotten plenty of production by other means. Carlos Gomez has become a fixture into the lineup manning innings in an inured outfield. Adeiny Hechavarria has been doing well as an infielder, where Lowrie could have been playing. Sure, none of those players, nor their stats will jump out at you, but they are at least doing their jobs.

That is why I am glad this Jed Lowrie news, his setback, whatever one wants to call it, isn’t headline grabbing or another “bad luck Mets” news story. This one is quite easy to get over, considering the circumstances. Jed Lowrie could never play a game for the Mets this season, and it would change nothing. While it is tantalizing to think about what he could have brought, but baseball isn’t a sport of what ifs, it is a sport of what is, and what is, is the fact the Mets don’t need Jed Lowrie or his bad knees to produce maybe.

This isn’t a season ending development. This isn’t a “de-railing” of the season type situation. Sure, I wouldn’t mind if Lowrie was healthy, and as a human being, you should want him to be, but it is merely what it is. He has done so little for the Mets, I couldn’t even find a picture of him on the Mets to link with this article.

This is not a situation like the one with Edwin Diaz, and I type this piece during Thursday’s rain delay (he blew the save by the way), where the Mets gave up reall, tangible assets to get him this offseason. The Mets, who as a franchise is worth billions, just threw a couple of years and a couple of million dollars to sign a guy who could have been a veteran and logging significant innings sporadically through the multiple positions of the infield. For an ownership group that follows a tight, restricted payroll those dollars Lowrie got are valuable, but that is the same old story for a different day.

As for the timing of the news, that is fine too. The Mets have a whole lot of other things to worry about. Let’s talk about trying to get guys like Pete Alonso or Michael Conforto into the all-star game. Let’s talk about how the starting pitching is coming around again, or how the playoff race is heating up.

The least of my worries regarding the Mets is Jed Lowrie and if he is coming back soon. This isn’t a big deal. Also if you are reading this already thinking it is not a big deal, then great, I just reiterated your point and glad we are on the same page.