Christian Scott injury: Mets rookie pitcher lands on IL with right UCL sprain as NY clings to wild-card spot [Video]

Promising Mets starting pitcher Christian Scott was placed on the 15-day injured list, the team announced Wednesday. The move is retroactive to Monday and lefty Alex Young was recalled from Triple-A Syracuse as a corresponding move. 

The bad news here is Scott’s injury is a sprained ulnar collateral ligament (UCL), according to the official press release. That’s the ligament that, when torn, often leads to Tommy John surgery. Hopefully Scott and the Mets caught this early enough to shut him down in time and avoid the serious and worrisome outcome here, but they aren’t out of the proverbial woods just yet.

Manager Carlos Mendoza told reporters before Tuesday’s game the Mets are still looking for clarity on whether or not this is a sprain or a tear. He said they will have “multiple people” look at Scott’s imaging results before deciding on a course of action (…