Jenrry Mejia was examined at the Hospital for Special Surgery today and diagnosed with a complete MCL tear in his pitching elbow. Doctors recommended surgery, but Mejia will seek a second opinion. That doctor will probably also recommend surgery.

If you’re playing at home that’s Tommy John surgery, which likely means a year on the shelf for the Mets’ top prospect. And it means Mejia should probably no longer be referred to as “the Mets’ top prospect.”

Poor kid.

The good news, I suppose, is that the injury is not to Mejia’s shoulder. Pitchers way more often successfully return from elbow issues. Still, it sucks.