New York, EE. UU. /
The 30 organizations of the Major League Baseball (MLB) lived a few days of concern with the development of the fifth edition of the World Baseball ClassicWell, when this event brought together star players from Big leaguesthe priority was to prevent any of his players from missing the Opening Day 2023 as a result of an injury or physical discomfort,
However, the Mets and the Astros they could not escape the misfortune of an injury and for the opening day Houston will not be able to count on the Venezuelan jose altuve and those of Queens they will not have the closer Edwin Diaz.
However, despite having suffered a significant drop in his team’s roster, Steve Cohenowner of the New York Metshas a positive opinion about this contest, because unlike other owners, he considers that this championship is not unnecessary, he even knows that injuries are part of the game.
“I thought it was an incredible event, if you look at the quality of the games and the excitement. What happened to Edwin Díaz and José Altuve is unfortunate, but I suppose that is what will happen when you play baseball. People get hurt,” Cohen said.
“I’m really excited about this team. I feel an incredible vibe here. I think this is the best vibe I’ve felt since I’ve started this, being an owner.”
– Steve Cohen pic.twitter.com/bNa8w47XrW
— SNY (@SNYtv) February 20, 2023
Likewise, the owner of all the Mets He commented that he does not feel any kind of pressure to find a replacement for Díazsince he is confident that his roster has the right players to fill the vacancy that the Puerto Rican will leave in the bullpen of New York’s ninth.
“Keep calm and don’t overreact. If you do, you have a tendency to make mistakes or overpay. We are going to evaluate the people we have, we have reasonably good depth. It’s a long season and opportunities come along,” said the owner.
Altuve will be out of action for the first two months of the Season 2023 of Big leagues then receiving a ball hit in the right hand and breaking his thumb, while Edwin Diaz will not be on the mound this season because when celebrating the pass to Quarter finals of his team suffered a rupture of the patellar tendon in his right knee, for which his recovery would take eight months.
