"Team doctor David Altchek literally, and figuratively, put the club's pitching staff back together today. But neither Chris Young nor Jenrry Mejia will be on the mound anytime soon.

Altchek performed season-ending surgery on Young and Mejia in New York and the club proclaimed both operations to be successful.

Young had surgery to repair a tear of the anterior capsule of his right shoulder. Doctors also found debris in his rotator cuff and cleaned it out. Altchek performed a similar surgery on the left shoulder of Mets ace Johan Santana last September.

Mejia underwent Tommy John surgery on his right elbow. It usually takes between 12 to 18 months to resume pitching following that surgery.

The injury to the veteran Young was a major blow to the Mets' already suspect staff because he had been the team's most dependable starter in the early going. In four starts, he was 1-0 with a 1.88 ERA. He had 22 strikeouts and 11 walks in 24 innings.

Young was getting batters out, although his velocity routinely decreased from the high 80s into the low 80s midway through games, but the injury finally sidelined him. He had the same injury last season but decided to rehab in that case."