PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — On the first day of full-squad workouts for the 2025 Mets, they experienced their first significant injury: Starting pitcher Frankie Montas has a high-grade lat strain and will be shut down for at least the next six to eight weeks.

New York Mets right-hander Frankie Montas will be shut down from pitching for six to eight weeks because of a strained back

The New York Mets will be without offseason addition Frankie Montas for an extended period of time. They could consider making a trade to replace him.

The New York Mets have lost one of their starting pitchers to a long-term injury. Righty Frankie Montas will be shut down for 6-8 weeks with a high-grade lat strain, the team announced Monday. He is leaving the team's spring training complex in Florida to receive treatment in New York, including a platelet rich-plasma injection.

New York Mets pitcher Frankie Montas is going to miss Opening Day because of a lat issue, and he will miss some time beyond that as well as he builds back up. H

The Mets boast enough starting pitchers to absorb Montas’ injury, but several of them are question marks heading into the season.

Montas suffered a high-grade strain of his right lat, Mets manager Carlos Mendoza revealed Monday, sidelining the offseason addition indefinitely and creating another opening in the rotation.

New York Mets pitcher Frankie Montas sustained a high-grade latissimus dorsi strain and will be shut down from six to eight weeks, manager Carlos Mendoza told reporters Monday.

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The Mets are just a week into spring training and are already down two starting pitchers when Opening Day arrives at the end of March. Frankie Montas will miss

Mets pitcher Frankie Montas received a platelet rich plasma injection in New York on Tuesday before returning to Port St. Lucie.