Moises Alou's Season is Most Likely Over (His Career Could be Done As Well)

The good news is that all those nagging injuries that Moises Alou has been getting in his never ending minor league rehab stints have come to an end. The bad news is that's because his latest injury has turned out to be pretty significant.

Omar Minaya announced after today's game that Alou's hamstring, which Josh told you was giving him problems during a rehab game in Binghamton last night, is torn ... and surgery has been recommended. If Alou does opt for surgery, he's most likely out for the season.

Certainly, most people out in the crowd would advise Moises to hang it up, that it's not worth being away from his family to go on these endless minor league assignments to go back to the major leagues even though he's done almost everything you can do in the game. Certainly a stark contrast to a guy like Brett Favre who, as far as we know, is perfectly healthy yet has an entire city's psyche under siege with his sudden indecisiveness. And this is not to get on Favre, but to give Alou a lot of credit for continuing the work and going through the setbacks because he's 100% sure that he wants to play major league baseball. There's something noble and tragic about it at the same time. But if Alou wants to continue at it next season, even though the final result might not be what he would want, then more power to him.

The ironic part about the timing is that Fernando Tatis, the fill-in corner outfielder for Alou (and Ryan Church), just finished off a 3-for-5 day which included a go-ahead home run to give the Mets their sixth straight win. He may have just convinced the Mets that a trade for a corner outfielder, which Mets fans are probably clamoring for, isn't necessary. But fellow 'Hauser (and noted Pittsburgh Pirate supporter) Pat Lackey has an interesting idea:

OK, so the Pirates have this outfielder the Mets might be interested in ... Xavier Nady. And I hear the Mets have this fairly young starting pitcher with a lot of talent that's frustrating as hell and might need a chance of scenery ... Oliver Perez. Let's make this deal go down.

It was an injury to Duaner Sanchez that caused the original Nady for Perez deal to happen. If Alou's injury causes the trade to repeat in reverse, I think my head would explode.