David Wright could hit the disabled list with back injury

Well, Mets fans, not even a solid road trip is enough to take away the stench of another injury disaster for the Metropolitans.

Around 5 p.m. Monday, the Mets announced that David Wright will miss significant time with a stress fracture in his lower back. Wright went for an exam in the morning revealing the fracture near the spine, and as a precaution, the Mets plan to put him on the DL.

Wright apparently injured the back a month ago, when he tried to dive and tag out Astros first baseman Carlos Lee on a slide to third.

Replacing Wright will be nearly impossible. They will mix and match with Willie Harris, Justin Turner and Dan Murphy in the interim, but, without Wright and Ike Davis who also is on the DL, the Mets offense has no punch.

There is no clear time table for Wright's return.