Same elimination-game starter. Brand-new manager. If New York's ace gets socked a second time -- or if his catcher can't cut it -- Aaron Boone has a plan.
The Mets put infielder T.J. Rivera on the disabled list with a partial tear of the ulnar collateral ligament in his right arm and activated Neil Walker to take his place.
Mets pitcher Matt Harvey will miss several weeks due to a stress injury in his right shoulder, and second baseman Neil Walker was put on the DL with a partial hamstring tear.
Mets second baseman Neil Walker injured his left leg on Wednesday night, the latest ailment to befall a New York team hampered by a long list of health problems over the past two seasons.
Second baseman Neil Walker accepted a one-year, $17.2 million qualifying offer before Monday's deadline to stay with the New York Mets in 2017.
Left-hander Steven Matz, who's sidelined with a shoulder impingement, could rejoin the Mets this week "with an opportunity to pitch," manager Terry Collins said Sunday.
