NEW YORK — The disabled list looks like an All-Star roster.

Carlos Delgado, Jose Reyes, Carlos Beltran. And now David Wright.

All four offensive stars on the fading New York Mets are sidelined with substantial injuries, rendering a $136 million team conspicuously irrelevant as baseball's pennant races heat up.

Blame it on bad luck, poor planning or both, but the result is undeniable: A season that began with high expectations and the opening of a cozy new ballpark has crumbled into a painful wreck for the broken-down Mets.

"It seems like everything goes against us," ace pitcher Johan Santana said. "It's just crazy."

Santana is one of the only stalwarts still standing.

Delgado has been sidelined since May 11 due to right hip surgery. Reyes hasn't played since May 20 because of an excruciating hamstring injury. Beltran went down June 22 with a bone bruise on his right knee. And then came Wright, the most frightening of them all.

The All-Star third baseman was beaned with a 94-mph fastball last weekend from San Francisco pitcher Matt Cain, leaving Wright with a concussion. He spent a night in the hospital and landed on the 15-day disabled list for the first time in his six-year career.

It almost seems as if injuries are more contagious in the Mets' clubhouse than any flu.

"I was part of an Atlanta squad last year that lost pretty much the entire pitching staff. But I've never seen anything like this," said outfielder Jeff Francoeur, acquired last month in a trade with the Braves to provide some much-needed production.

New York's arms haven't been immune, either.

Starting pitcher John Maine has been out since June 7 with a sore shoulder. Setup man J.J. Putz is rehabbing from June 9 surgery to remove a bone spur from the back of his right elbow. Left-hander Oliver Perez missed more than two months with tendinitis in his right knee.

Even the subs can't seem to stay healthy. Outfield prospect Fernando Martinez (right knee surgery), left-hander Jonathon Niese (torn hamstring tendon) and right-hander Fernando Nieve (torn thigh muscle) all went down.

Gary Sheffield, who leads this punchless team with 10 homers, missed time with a tight hamstring. Switch-hitting outfielder Angel Pagan was on the DL twice. Reserve infielder Alex Cora needs surgery on both thumbs and is done for the season.

Second baseman Luis Castillo even sustained a mild ankle sprain when he stumbled down the dugout steps.

"Injuries are the only part of the game that we can't control," Santana said. "If they're healthy, then this would have been a different story."