There are a handful of superstars across Major League Baseball dealing with injuries right now.
There are few teams being hit harder right now than the New York Mets. Superstar shortstop Francisco Lindor has been on the shelf since April 22 due to a calf strain. Any time you hear about a calf injury, it isn't great. Calf injuries are tricky — like every other soft-tissue injury — and need to be treated very carefully in large part because of the Achilles. On Thursday, the Mets did get a positive update, though. Anthony DiComo of MLB.com reported that Lindor's calf is showing "showing signs of healing," although there is no timetable for a return yet.
"Francisco Lindor (calf strain) is 'showing signs of healing,' per Carlos Mendoza, based off his last MRI. But Lindor is not close to baseball activities, and therefore is not close at all to a return," DiComo wrote on X.
The Mets had another scare with Juan Soto leaving the club's contest early, but he avoided anything serious.
On the same day that the Mets got an update about their injured star, so too did the Seattle Mariners. Daniel Kramer of MLB.com reported that Cal Raleigh doesn't have a timetable for a return yet.
"Sounds like Cal Raleigh will go through a more thorough evaluation tomorrow, when the Mariners return to Seattle," Kramer wrote. "No timeline to return yet. Oblique strains, especially for a switch-hitter and a catcher, can linger. And he’s obviously been grinding through it for 2 weeks."
It certainly wasn't the greatest day for injured MLB stars on Thursday, to say the least.