Mets" David Wright Out With Sore Neck The Mets' David Wright, shown Sunday, said his neck began to bother him in the early innings of Sunday's loss to the Phillies. MIAMI - David Wright was held out of Monday's game against the Marlins with what he described as spasms and stiffness in his neck. Wright said he was optimistic that he would return Tuesday, but he used the word "hopefully" at least a half-dozen times in a brief interview with reporters before the game. With the Mets" offense slumping, Wright has been one of the few productive players. "He's our star," said Manager Terry Collins, who expected Wright to be examined by a doctor Monday night. You take your star out of the lineup, it changes the lineup. So what we've got to do is jump on the back of somebody else and hope they carry you for a while until he gets back. Wright said his neck began to bother him in the early innings of Sunday's loss to the Philadelphia Phillies, though he could not cite a specific play that brought it on. During the game, he mentioned the discomfort to Collins but remained in the game. Wright has never been one to pull himself off the field. "He played with a broken back," said Collins, referring to a stress fracture that Wright played with for a month during the 2011 season before he sought a diagnosis. A stiff neck is not something he's going to come out of the lineup for. Wright said he had been hoping it would feel better by Monday morning, but it felt worse when he woke up. He described the pain as being in the back of his neck, along the right side. He said he had never had neck spasms so severe, and he was having trouble turning from side to side. Throwing a baseball was not an option. "It kind of goes down my back a little bit," he said. It's all connected, so I imagine that's normal. While playing for the United States at the World Baseball Classic in March, Wright strained his left oblique, cutting the tournament short for him. He has shown no adverse effects, hitting .309 with 2 homers and 19 runs batted in through the first 23 games. Collins adjusted his lineup by having Justin Turner play third base and hit second. Daniel Murphy batted third, with Lucas Duda in the cleanup spot. "It's not something I'm worried about," Wright said, adding that he was disappointed only about not being able to play. LEAVING HARVEY BE Before the right-hander Matt Harvey took the mound Monday for his sixth start of the season, he kept to himself in the visitors" clubhouse. He reclined on a big leather chair, tapped his iPad and seemed not even remotely interested in making small talk with his teammates. "It's the way he is," Terry Collins said. He's one of those guys where, on the day he pitches, he's really not somebody you want to hang out with. Harvey, who entered the game with a 4-0 record and a 1.54 earned-run average, is a creature of habit, and that means freeing himself of pregame distractions and sticking to his routine. There is a quiet intensity at work whenever he begins to prepare. Collins compared Harvey to the former Mets pitcher Pete Harnisch. "Greatest human being on the face of the earth four days a week," Collins said of Harnisch. That fifth one? Stay away from him. Collins said he had made the mistake of disturbing Harvey on occasion. "You bet your butt I have," he said. That's why I know he gets grouchy. NEEDED: BETTER RELIEF Terry Collins was hoping for improved production from his bullpen heading into the three-game series against the Marlins. Entering Monday's opener, the bullpen ranked 29th in the major leagues with a 5.35 E.R.A. "Right now, you keep running them out there," Collins said. You pick your situations where you think they're going to have some success and get the guy out that's standing in the batter's box.