Updated: Carpio will miss the entire season and the surgery was for his right labrum.
Shortstop Luis Carpio, one of the top prospects in the New York Mets farm system, could miss an extended period of time with a shoulder injury, Mets Minors has learned.
Carpio reportedly complained of the ailment while playing over the winter, and had surgery on his throwing shoulder last week.
He was originally signed as an international free agent from Venezuela in July of 2013.
Heralded for his defense, the 18-year-old made the jump from the Dominican Summer League to Kingsport (R) last season, and impressed many by hitting .304 in 45 games. He also recorded 22 runs batted in, ten doubles, and nine stolen bases.
More recently, Carpio was ranked as the third best prospect in the Mets’ system by Baseball Prospectus, the seventh by Baseball America, and the 21st by MLB.com.
Carpio was projected to open 2016 with Low-A Columbia.
Well this sucks.
Lets wish him a speedy recovery.
Ouch…well that probably escalates the timetable on second base transition.
Glad they did not go the wait and see approach like Profar did, that ended up costing him 2 years
Big time, was really looking forward to him playing full season ball. Hopefully he has a quick return.
Any word on the exact of the surgery?
Haven’t heard yet, Jacob had to really dig just to get this. Mets are very mum when it comes to minor league injuries.
Just an FYI, you were sourced by the folks at AA