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NEW YORK -- Mets general manager Sandy Alderson acknowledged the presence of bone spurs in the back of the pitching elbows of Steven Matz and Noah Syndergaard?but said he expected the duo will continue pitching.Alderson indicated that Matzs spur is more significant and he will need to have it surgically removed, though the hope is it can wait until after the season. Surgery would require a three-month recovery time, so any in-season procedure would end at least Matzs 2016 regular-season contribution.Alderson described Syndergaards bone spur as very small and suggested 90 percent of major league pitchers have something comparable. Syndergaard is being treated with anti-inflammatory medication. He will not need to have the spur removed during the offseason, the GM said.Matz had been scheduled to face the Washington Nationals in Wednesdays series finale. Instead, Logan Verrett will make a spot start that day and Matz will be pushed back to Thursdays series opener against the Chicago Cubs at Citi Field. The Mets have absolute assurance from team doctors that Matz cannot damage his elbow by continuing to pitch with the spur, Alderson added.If Im claiming to be able to pitch, then I have no excuses, Matz said. I expect myself to go out and pitch like I can.Alderson said that in Matzs case it really is about pain tolerance.At this point its a function of whether he can tolerate the discomfort while continuing to pitch, Alderson said. What we will do is monitor that level of discomfort, monitor his mechanics to make sure whatever discomfort he has doesnt cause him to do something that might lead to something else, and well monitor it on a start-by-start basis.On Syndergaard, Alderson added: He doesnt have the level of discomfort that Steven does. And its really insignificant.Syndergaard had denied on Tuesday the existence of a spur.I think really what hes been trying to do is not use that as an excuse for the fact that, for example, last night he didnt pitch particularly well, Alderson said.Alderson said the Mets will consider going to a six-man rotation at some point, potentially when Zack Wheeler returns from Tommy John surgery in August, but the team should not need to regularly skip or otherwise delay Matzs starts.We think moving him back a day in this particular instance is the right thing to do, but we dont expect it will necessarily be anything on a regular basis, Alderson said. Now, it may be at some point that we go to a six-man rotation or something else to address the situation. It may be Steven comes out after five or six as opposed to six or seven [innings], but those are things that well have to continue to monitor from start to start.Syndergaard regularly touched 100 mph during Tuesdays outing while allowing five runs on seven hits and three walks in three innings. It was the shortest start of Syndergaards career other than a game in which he was ejected for throwing behind the Dodgers Chase Utley. Manager Terry Collins said he believes Syndergaards struggles stemmed from overthrowing to prove his elbow was OK and because of the magnitude of the game against the first-place Nationals, not because anything was wrong with the elbow.Collins added that Syndergaard will not be impeded from participating in the All-Star Game. Cheap Nike Shoes China .com) - The Pittsburgh Penguins placed forward James Neal on injured reserve Tuesday. Cheap Nike Blazer China . Halifax beat the Saint John Sea Dogs 7-5 on the strength of two goals apiece from Nikolaj Ehlers, Matt Murphy and Brent Andrews. Jonathan Drouin also scored and had three assists while Zachary Fucale made 17 saves for the Mooseheads (16-8-0), who led 6-1 after two periods. http://www.cheapnikeblazer.us/ .J. -- Marty Brodeur beat the Pittsburgh Penguins yet again. Clearance Nike Blazer Shoes . - Connor McDavid scored 53 seconds into overtime as the Erie Otters came from behind to defeat the visiting Guelph Storm 4-3 on Saturday in Ontario Hockey League action. Discount Nike Blazer . Catch all the action on TSN2 at 11pm et/8pm pt. The nine-time Big 12 champion Jayhawks are positioning themselves for another title, as they have run out to a flawless 6-0 mark in conference play thus far.Elise Christie added a 1,000m silver to her 1,500m bronze at the ISU World Short Track Speed Skating Championships in Seoul on Sunday. The Sky Academy Sports Scholar, who was narrowly beaten in the final of the 1500m on Saturday, maintained her fine form to stay in the top two throughout the race before being beaten to line by South Koreas Minjeong Choi. The 25-year-old Scot later qualified for the 3,000m Super Final, finishing third to secure an overall world ranking of third. Great Britains overall performance means they will now qualify for three ladies positions at the World Championships in 2017.It didnt all go to plan at this championships but I am walking away with a silver and a bronze medal in the individuals and third place ranking overall, said Christie.Its brought a tough year to a close and now we will head back home, review the season and look for the elements to improve on next year.The only disappointment of the weekend was a quarter-final exit in the 500m, but overall it was another fine show from the rising star on the ice.ddddddddddddIt rounded up an incredible couple of months for Christie who has won three golds at four World Cup events and bagged four European golds in Sochi in January.Elsewhere, Jack Whelbourne failed to qualify from the 1,000m quarter-finals, but finished ninth overall after a fifth-place finish in the 500m and sixth in the 1500m on Saturday. Charlotte Gilmartin also failed to qualify for the 1,000m and finished 10th overall.Nicky Gooch, Christies coach and head coach of GB Short Track, said: Im really proud of the way the athletes performed.Charlotte Gilmartin has made big progress throughout the season and Jack Whelbourne has shown great resilience to overcome injury and perform with so little preparation.Although perhaps missing some opportunities to walk away with gold, Elise has still had the best World Championships of her career to date. Also See: Reinvented Christie set for Worlds Gold for Whitlock in GWC ' ' '