Found July 04, 2009 on Mets Fever: Yardbarker Blogger Network
The Mets can't catch a break with this seasons injury bug, Fernando Martinez shouldn't even be in the majors at this point in his very young career, but the Mets are forced to really on the youngster who isn't even hitting over the Mendoza line.For the last two days Ryan Church has played center field and while he's done a decent job, he sort of looks out of place, like when a linebacker is fast enough to cover a wide receiver. Church has been playing center because Fernando Martinez has joined the group of banged up players...Fernando Martinez limped around the clubhouse Friday afternoon, and revealed that he has felt pain because of ligament trouble behind his right knee for a week. Martinez said he had the same trouble when he played in the minors with Single-A Hagerstown in 2006. Martinez had yet to be examined by a doctor, he said, but that could come after the weekend when the Mets return home. Martinez had a game-ending pinch-hit groundout in Friday night'...
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