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Mets reliever Josh Edgin has been diagnosed with an overstretched ligament in his elbow that creates tendinitis, per NJ.com. Edgin can either have Tommy John surgery or choose to rehab the injury to see if it gets better.

He is expected to make a decision in the next day or two. If he chooses to rehab the injury, then he might be sidelined for a few weeks. If he chooses Tommy John surgery, he will miss the rest of the season.

The Mets sent pitcher Josh Edgin to New York City for testing Wednesday, one day after he underwent an MRI on his left elbow in Florida, MLB.com reports.

Edgin drew the team's concern with his diminished velocity in Grapefruit League play. He was slated to be the team's only left-hander in the bullpen. Rule 5 pick Sean Gilmartin and camp invitee Scott Rice would be two options to serve as the team's bullpen lefty if Edgin has to miss time.

Braves closer Craig Kimbrel executed a perfect pick-off play in Tuesday's game against the Mets.

In the seventh inning, Kimbrel caught Mets outfielder Cesar Puello straying from first and picked him off. Kimbrel has never been known as someone to execute the pick-off play. He's only picked off one runner during the regular season.

"The pickoff was nice, I don't think I've done that in three or four years," Kimbrel said. 

Depending on how serious Josh Edgin's elbow injury is, the Mets may be looking for bullpen options. However, LHP Steven Matz will not be one of those options, according to a report by ESPN's Adam Rubin, citing multiple team insiders. 

A starting-pitching prospect who will likely start the season in Triple-A, there is "no chance" that the Mets will move him to the bullpen to help replace Edgin. 

Mets reliever Josh Edgin is scheduled to undergo an MRI on his left elbow on Tuesday, reports the New York Daily News. Edgin had bone spurs in his pitching elbow in August, and began experiencing discomfort again this spring after his velocity was down on Monday. The team will know more on the extent of his injury after his MRI exam. 

Brewers pitcher Jimmy Nelson was one of the few bright spots for Milwaukee in an otherwise dismal spring training day. 

Nelson tossed two scoreless innings and only surrendered one hit in a 5-4 loss to the Royals. Nelson's outing came after recovering from a minor hamstring injury. 

"I felt pretty good out there," Nelson said, per MLB.com. "I was able to work on some things that were good to work on in game situations. I think I was just a tick up in the strike zone, but that's an easy adjustment."

Though Nelson excelled on the mound Monday, that wasn't the case for Brewers pitchers Neal Cotts and Mike Strong. Cotts gave up three hits and two earned runs in one inning pitched and Strong surrendered three hits and three earned runs in 1 1/3 innings pitched. 

Aroldis Chapman went two scoreless innings, Monday, in his second outing of the spring. The Reds reliever struck out two, giving him five in three innings so far. Chapman gave up an infield single to Mike Trout for his first hit of spring training. 

Mets pitcher Terry Collins is concerned with the lagging velocity of pitcher Josh Edgin, his only left-hander in the bullpen, ESPNNewYork.com reports.

"What you look for right now is not necessarily anything more than making sure his velocity gets up," Collins said. "That would be right now a concern -- the fact that his velocity is not there yet. That’s going to be something we’ve got to certainly work on long-toss-wise, arm-speed-wise, because that sets the tone for everything. When Josh Edgin is pitching good, he’s throwing 93 mph. And that’s enough to throw it by somebody. And now his slider becomes more effective. If the hitter doesn’t worry about you getting your fastball by him, they settle on his offspeed stuff."

Edgin's fastball sat at 88-to-91 mph in Monday's outing, allowing one earned run on two hits and recording just one out.

Diamondbacks pitcher Daniel Hudson had a couple of goals for his spring training debut Sunday, but the most important was staying healthy, reports MLB.com.

"The whole outing, I accomplished everything I wanted to accomplish, which was just get out of it healthy and go from there," Hudson said. "So we'll see how I feel the next couple of days and go from there when we get closer to the 13th, when I'm supposed to go again."

Hudson gave up just one hit and struck out one.

"I'm up for anything at this point," he said. "I don't really care if I'm pitching in the fifth inning in a mopup role or I'm starting games. As long as I'm out there getting guys out, that's all I want."

Braves pitcher Shelby Miller didn't have the ideal start to spring training Saturday. The right-hander surrendered four runs and recorded just one out in his start against the Tigers. But Miller wasn't worried about how things finished, reports MLB.com.

"Am I frustrated by it? Yeah. But at the same time, it's still the first game of spring training," Miller said.

He also noted he has a lot of time to fine-tune his pitches before the regular season begins.

"It's still early," Miller said. "I've still got a lot of time to work on things. But other than the fact that I made some bad pitches and left the ball in the middle [of the plate], my arm felt good and physically I felt good. That's about all that matters, right now."