Mets pitcher Sean Manaea, rehabbing from an oblique injury sustained during spring training, was recently diagnosed with a loose body in his left elbow, but the team doesn't believe the discovery should delay his return for long.

After Sean Manaea felt left elbow soreness, an MRI found a loose body. The Mets do not expect his return from injury to be delayed much.

Sean Manaea was about a week away from making his season debut when another setback struck. An MRI taken Monday revealed a 7-millimeter loose body in Manaea’s left elbow. That’s the bad news. The good