{"id":16979,"date":"2014-04-01T12:24:00","date_gmt":"2014-04-01T12:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stub.com\/hq\/news\/mets-parnell-has-torn-elbow-ligament\/"},"modified":"2014-04-01T12:24:00","modified_gmt":"2014-04-01T12:24:00","slug":"mets-parnell-has-torn-elbow-ligament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stub.com\/hq\/news\/mets-parnell-has-torn-elbow-ligament\/","title":{"rendered":"Mets&#8217; Parnell has torn elbow ligament"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Flushing, NY (SportsNetwork.com) &#8211; New York Mets closer Bobby Parnell has a torn medial collateral ligament in his right elbow and could need surgery.<\/p>\n<p>The Mets said Parnell complained of tightness in his elbow following Monday&#8217;s game against Washington. He underwent an MRI exam, which revealed a partial tear of the ligament.<\/p>\n<p>Parnell will rest for about two weeks after receiving a Platelet Rich Plasma injection and will then begin a throwing program, which will determine if surgery is necessary.<\/p>\n<p>The 29-year-old right-hander blew a save in Monday&#8217;s opener against the Nationals when he yielded the tying run in the ninth inning of what eventually finished as a 9-7 Washington win in 10 innings.<\/p>\n<p>Parnell was coming off the best season of his career in 2013 when he notched 22 saves in 26 chances while posting a 2.16 ERA in 49 games. He missed the last two months of the season with a herniated disc in his neck that required surgery last September.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Flushing, NY (SportsNetwork.com) &#8211; New York Mets closer Bobby Parnell has a torn medial collateral ligament in his right elbow and could need surgery. The Mets said Parnell complained of tightness in his elbow following Monday&#8217;s game against Washington. He underwent an MRI exam, which revealed a partial tear of the ligament. Parnell will rest [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[187,59,186],"class_list":["post-16979","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mlb","tag-mets","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-mets"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stub.com\/hq\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16979","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stub.com\/hq\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stub.com\/hq\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stub.com\/hq\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stub.com\/hq\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16979"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.stub.com\/hq\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16979\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stub.com\/hq\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16979"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stub.com\/hq\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16979"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stub.com\/hq\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16979"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}