By Joe Trezza / MLB.com
Harvey, Walker to be out several weeks (plus Syndergaard update)
Matt Harvey was diagnosed with a stress injury in his right shoulder and Neil Walker was diagnosed with a left hamstring tear on Thursday. Both will miss several weeks, the Mets said.
Harvey left Wednesday's 9-4 win over the Cubs after just four innings with what the club called "arm fatigue." Harvey's velocity was noticeably down throughout the start. The right-hander is 4-3 with a 5.25 ERA in 13 starts this season, his first after undergoing thoracic outlet syndrome during the offseason. He received an MRI and a CT scan Thursday at the Hospital for Special Surgery in Manhattan. "It's not a fracture, it's not a bruise," Mets general manager Sandy Alderson said of the injury. "The bone can inflame. It's sort of in that niche, between fracture and bruise."
Walker pulled up lame and collapsed near first base trying to leg out a bunt on Wednesday, holding his hamstring. The second baseman has been one of New York's most productive hitters of late, batting .319 with seven home runs and 23 RBIs since May 1
.
Alderson also said the club doesn't expect Noah Syndergaard to begin throwing for "at least four weeks." Syndergaard hasn't pitched since April 30 because of a partially torn right lat.