David Wright Out of Mets Lineup Again With Broken Pinkie PHILADELPHIA - David Wright was held out of the Mets" lineup for the third game in a row on Friday, one day after seeing a hand specialist about his fractured right pinkie. Speaking in the visitors" clubhouse at Citizens Bank Park before the Mets played the Philadelphia Phillies, Wright said that he had been receiving treatment "24 hours a day," but that there was still significant swelling in the finger and that he was having trouble bending it. Wright said he would wait until before Saturday's game to see if he could grip a bat. If he is still unable to do so, he will probably be placed on the disabled list. But it's a fractured bone, so it takes a little time. Wright injured the finger on Monday night while diving to beat a pickoff throw at first. He said he was icing the finger and doing exercises ordered by the doctor. He had the finger wrapped in a splint. "Our physical therapists, our trainers, have searched high and low for things that might help this," Wright said. We're trying a bunch of different things. Wright said that if he had hurt his left pinkie instead, he would have been fine, because he hangs the finger off the bat when he hits. But he feels a significant impact on his right pinkie when swinging. He also said he felt pain while throwing. "It's frustrating, because it is a pinkie finger," Wright said. But it's very, very irritating and painful and swollen now. Wright began the season on a hot streak. He played the first four games and was hitting .583 with one home run and four runs batted in. Manager Terry Collins said it would not be worth it for the Mets to play Wright if he could not perform to his capacity. Collins said he did not want Wright to develop bad habits or go into a slump while trying to play through the injury. "He had a nice thing going before he got hurt," Collins said. Wright said he prided himself on his ability and willingness to play through pain. He has struggled in the last two years with a variety of injuries. He missed significant time during spring training with a strained left oblique muscle. Last year, he missed over two months after he was found to have a stress fracture in his back in May. Wright said if he was not able to wrap his fingers around a bat he would not even have the option of trying to tolerate the pain. "There's no question I want to play," Wright said. I would love to go out there and play banged up. Unfortunately this isn't banged up. This is a little bit more than that. Justin Turner was inserted into the lineup to play third on Friday. But Collins said that if Wright had to be placed on the disabled list, he would probably move Daniel Murphy to third from second and have Turner or Ronny Cedeno take Murphy's spot at second. "He's the ultimate team guy," Collins said of Murphy. He'll play wherever you want him to play for the success of the ball club. He and I have already discussed it. Murphy said he had no problem with moving to third base, even though he had devoted significant time in the winter and during spring training toward learning to play second. He said the move was an obvious one to make, considering each player's defensive abilities. "We've all got eyeballs," Murphy said in reference to Turner. He's more skilled there than I am. Collins had previously said he was reluctant to move Murphy from one position to another because he wanted him to have some continuity. Moving Murphy to third base could potentially stunt the learning process for him at second. Murphy said he was not fully satisfied with his performances this season at second base. "I'm farther along that I was, but obviously not where I want to be," Murphy said. Every time I drop one on the ground, I realize how far I have to go. Manager Terry Collins said center fielder Andres Torres, who was placed on the disabled list in the first week of the season with a strained left calf, had begun playing catch but was otherwise not doing any baseball activities. Torres, who originally hurt his calf in spring training, is rehabilitating the injury in Port St. Lucie, Fla.