Former Mets, now Nationals catcher Paul Lo Duca is set to miss 4-6 weeks with a fracture in the fourth metacarpal bone in his right hand.

Lo Duca, 36, signed a one-year deal worth $5 million with Nationals in the offseason. He had surgery in January to repair a meniscus tear in his left knee and had a previous injury with his right hand that put him on the shelf for a few weeks earlier in the season.

I can’t say that I’m not happy with Brian Schneider, but the one thing that I think a lot of Mets fans loved about Lo Duca was the fire. It seems as if the Mets have lost that or are at least not showing it. The Mets have to show emotion. I’m not sure if it’s Willie Randolph that is stopping them or what, but I think the fans are looking for the emotion from 2006 and early 2007 to some extent.