MLB: Mets pitcher Matt Harvey's season is over: he has a partially torn UCL which they say he will rehab, but usually requires Tommy John surgery. Harvey will likely not play again until 2015 or late in 2014. This sucks. The Mets' pitching staff is generally damn good, but Harvey was far and away the best and most promising pitcher on the roster. He finished the year with a 2.27 ERA, 178.1 innings pitched, with a NL leading 191 strikeouts and one shutout. He will be missed while on sabbatical and there's a very real possibility he'll never be the same. He could potentially return to form and everything could be fine. This just brings back a lot of painful memories of great Mets pitchers going down and never being great again.
NFL: The third week of preseason games were marked by a ton of players getting hurt. The Cardinals lost rookie guard Jonathan Cooper with a broken leg. The Lions' rookie defensive end Ziggy Ansah may or may not have a concussion. Mark Sanchez hurt his throwing shoulder when the Jets put him in the fourth quarter with the backup offensive linemen. The Saints lost linebacker Will Smith for the year. The Steelers' rookie linebacker Jarvis Jones injured his chest. But it was the Bills that got hit by the injury bug the worst.
Rookie quarterback and likely starter E.J. Manuel had surgery on his knee and likely will be out until at least the Bills' third game (though they're "hopeful" that he can return for the opener). The quarterback that was supposed to take Manuel's place in the starting rotation, Kevin Kolb, is out for a concussion and it may be career ending. The injuries haven't just affected the Bills' quarterbacks: second year cornerback Stephon Gilmore will be out at least eight weeks after having wrist surgery. These injuries are all going to make winning pretty hard on a team that was going to struggle to win anyway. But these injuries hampering them for at least the first half of the season, they may be looking at the third or fourth pick in next year's draft. That might be an overreaction, but man have they had some bad luck in this young season.
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