The Mets placed Ike Davis on the disabled list due to an ankle injury:

Or we could just ask Terry Collins, who did not try to hide the cold reality. “It’s huge,” he said of Davis’ sprained left ankle and bone bruise, which will keep him from contributing for at least two weeks. A team trying to climb back toward respectability has lost its most productive player, as Davis leads the team in home runs (seven), runs batted in (25), on-base percentage (.383) and OPS (.925).

“His production is going to be sorely missed,” said Collins said. “He’s leading the club in RBIs by a long way. We’re going to miss the power. He’s been an outstanding defender.”

Davis is certainly up there with the best first basemen in the game this year. He’s a first baseman, however, and the Mets should be able to come up with someone who can contribute decent offense at the position for a couple of weeks. A problem at first base should be one of the easier ones to solve.