New York Mets: Jed Lowrie suffers another new injury

The New York Mets are looking for a spark to help the team bounce back in the season’s second half, but the latest Jed Lowrie news does the complete opposite.

The name Jed Lowrie continues to be foreign to many New York Mets fans as we begin the second half of the regular season. The prized free agent from the last offseason continues to be missing from action due to injuries and has yet to touch the field as a member of the team.

Lowrie has been out all year with a left knee capsule strain that he suffered in the first week of spring training. He had another set back with the same injury in May and was forced to return to the team’s minor league facility in Port St. Lucie to begin immediate treatment. The pain in his entire left side of the body was targeted as his knee, hip, and hamstring all ailing him at the same time.

The latest update on his status revealed even more damage to the 35-year old’s body as his right calf appears to be the problem. The Mets are calling his latest injury a strain and shutting him down once again with his outlook on the rest of the season seems very bleak.

Lowrie signed a two year, 20 million dollar deal with the Mets in the offseason and was expected to play an essential role in the infield with fellow veteran Robinson Cano. Mets general manager Brodie Van Wagenen didn’t give the most hopeful review of his team’s current affairs especially after the latest setback to his signee when addressing the media yesterday afternoon.

"“Any time a team struggles it’s on the organization,” Van Wagenen said. “I think that this organization has provided the baseball operations department a tremendous amount of support, they have given us autonomy to reach a consensus about what baseball moves we think are in the best interests of the organization and then we move forward collectively as one unit."

"“I wouldn’t want to put the blame on players or coaches or scouts or anybody of that matter. But I can tell you that this team we built was one of unified vision and it hasn’t worked, so I accept my responsibility in that capacity as well.”"

Lowrie’s injury mixed with the freak injury to Yoenis Cespedes off the field is just a few of the odd moments that have plagued the Mets season.

New York will need a very enthusiastic effort everyone in the franchise to turn this around for not only this season but for the future moving forward.