Faces 6-to-8-week shutdown Mets manager Carlos Mendoza confirmed Monday that Montas has been diagnosed with a high-grade right lat strain and won't throw for the next 6-to-8 weeks, Tim Healey of Newsday repo... Impact Montas, who signed a two-year, $34 million deal with the Mets over the winter, will leave spring training and head to New York to receive a platelet-rich plasma injection to treat the injury. For now, he appears set to avoid surgery, but since he's not projected to begin a throwing program until early April at the soonest, Montas could be a candidate for the 60-day injured list. With Montas out to begin the season, the Mets could have starting spots available for both Griffin Canning and Tylor Megill in their projected six-man rotation.
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