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Darling Blasts Mets

Gsellman Now Out

Former Met Dies

Darling Blasts Mets

Mets broadcaster Ron Darling had some choice words to say about how MLB players are trained after yet another player went down with an injury.

Right hander Robert Gsellman limped off the mound in the while trying to snag a grounder in Tuesday night's game against the Marlins. He ended up leaving the game and was diagnosed with a left hamstring strain.

Gsellman is the fifth starting Mets pitcher to sustain a serious injury this season, which caused Darling to give his two cents on the air

"I honestly don't know what to think because I've never seen anything like it — ever," Darling said. "It's a joke to watch this each and every night. There has to be a different way to train these athletes!"

Darling, who pitched for the Mets from 1983 to 1991, made it clear he wasn't trying to call out his former team, but said the league needs to take precautions in who it hires to train and strengthen its players.

"You know, if baseball — and I'm not talking about the Mets — if baseball at some point doesn't get these newbie trainers and get them in a room with some of the old trainers and people that took care of baseball players and how to keep them healthy and get them in a room and try to tap into some of their knowledge of how you train baseball players — not weightlifters, not six-pack wearers, baseball players — they're doing a disservice to their million-dollar athletes that they're paying. It's a joke to watch this each and every night," he said.

Pitchers Noah Syndergaard, Matt Harvey, Zack Wheeler, Seth Lugo, Steven Matz and Tommy Milone are all on the DL with various injuries. In total, 15 Mets players are sitting on the DL, something Darling calls "a joke."

"Obviously, all the injuries that are happening, there's got to be a different way to train these athletes," Darling said. "I think they're bigger and stronger -- not necessarily built to play 150 games or make 35 starts. That's a problem, but that's the nature of the sport.

"They're doing a disservice to the million dollar athletes they are paying. It's a joke to watch this happen each and every night."

Gsellman Now Out

MIAMI (CBSNewYork/AP) — Robert Gsellman left the Mets’ game Tuesday night with a strained left hamstring after he tried unsuccessfully to beat out a grounder, and manager Terry Collins said the right-hander’s recovery likely won’t be quick.

“When you’re a pitcher and you have a hamstring, it’s going to be some time,” Collins said.

Gsellman grabbed the back of his thigh as he approached first base and grimaced in pain. He allowed three runs in three innings, and New York lost to the Miami Marlins 6-3.

MORE: Former Mets Pitcher Anthony Young Dies At 51

The injury-plagued Mets have already had five starting pitchers on the disabled list this season. Steven Matz started the season on the sidelines, and Matt Harvey and Noah Syndergaard are both currently out.

“Very frustrating,” Gsellman said. “We’re dropping like flies. I want to stay out there and compete and get a chance to put the team in a position to win.”

Former Mets Dies

Former major league pitcher Anthony Young died Tuesday following a lengthy illness. He was 51.

Diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor in January, Young went into a coma Monday night, according to a Twitter posting by former New York Mets teammate Lenny Harris.

Young was best known for his tenure with the Mets, specifically a run of futility that spanned two seasons when he set a major league record with 27 consecutive losses in 1992-93.

Young, who broke in with the Mets in 1991, finished a combined 3-30 during the 1992-93 seasons. From May 1992 to July 1993, he went 0-14 as a starter and 0-13 as a reliever, gaining unwanted notoriety that even led to an appearance on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno."

"I got a bad rap on that," Young told the New York Daily News in 2009 of the streak. "I always said I didn't feel like I was pitching badly. It just happened to happen to me. I don't feel like I deserve it, but I'm known for it."

Young pitched two seasons with the Chicago Cubs in 1994-95 and ended his career the following year with the Houston Astros -- in the city where he starred collegiately at the University of Houston.

In his six seasons in the majors, Young compiled a 15-48 record and a 3.89 ERA in 181 appearances (51 starts). He also had 20 career saves, 15 coming with the Mets in 1992.