New York Mets 
pitcher Carlos Carrasco is expected to miss up to a month after 
straining his left oblique, the team announced Tuesday in another 
setback for its rotation.
The
 35-year-old Carrasco, 13-5 with a 3.92 ERA in a resurgement season for 
the NL East leaders, was hurt Monday night in a game at Atlanta.
The
 Mets said Carrasco had an MRI on Tuesday that showed a low-grade strain
 on the left side. The club said a typical timeline for this sort of 
injury was three to four weeks.
Carrasco
 gave up three runs in two innings in a 13-1 loss to the Braves, who 
trail New York by 4 1/2 games in the division. His outing was 
interrupted by a 55-minute rain delay in the second inning — he came 
back after the break and got the last out, but winced on his final pitch
 and was pulled.
“We’re
 just going to wait to see how I feel tomorrow and go from there,” 
Carrasco said after the game. “This is my first time that I’ve felt 
something like this. It just happened on the last pitch of the game.”
Carrasco had been 5-0 with a 1.69 ERA in his previous seven starts.
Acquired
 with star shortstop Francisco Lindor in a trade with Cleveland before 
the 2021 season, Carrasco was injured and went 1-5 in his first year 
with the Mets.