You can pretty much guarantee that a player that has only played a combined 185 games the past two seasons is going to get injured at some point. That's no exception for Mets LF Moises Alou.
Alou will undergo a hernia operation today and will likely miss up the first 30 games of the season.
Minaya, as well as the rest of the staff, was well aware of Alou's injury-prone track record and had already prepared for when they could loose him to the DL. That came came sooner than later, which is probably good for a team that struggled down the stretch last season.
Alou adds to a lavish Mets injury list that includes: Carlos Beltran, Carlos Delgado, Louis Castillo, Brian Schneider and the recently injured Ryan Church.
Alou was hoping to get 500 AB's this season but that number will most likely decrease for every day that Alou is hurt.
Although he saw limited action last year due to injury, the 40-year-old Alou batted a more than respectable .341, with 13 HR's and 49 RBI's, in 87 games.
The team will most likely platoon Endy Chavez and Damion Easley in LF, as the season starts.
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