Javier Báez leaves game with left hip tightness

Jasen Vinlove-USA TODAY Sports “Well,” you said to yourself with a sigh a couple hours ago as you prepared to turn on today’s Mets-Phillies game, “things have been going pretty poorly, but it can’t get much worse, can it?”

Things got even worse for the Mets in the final game of this weekend’s Phillies series, as trade deadline acquisition Javier Báez exited the game after failing to run out a ground ball after a swing in the fifth inning. The team later revealed that the shortstop was dealing with “left hip tightness.”

While it remains to be seen how serious the injury is, it goes without saying that the Mets—who are now out of first place and still struggling mightily to score runs—can…