Note: El Duque to Make 3 Rehab Starts
Before tonight’s game, Orlando Hernandez told
that he intends to make three minor-league rehab
starts before rejoining the major-league club.
…so, if he starts on Thursday, as expected, this suggests he will be unavailable until at least the middle of April, which means the Mets will only need to start Nelson Figueroa once, on April 12, assuming a) the Mets push up their rotation, to start Oliver Perez next Tuesday in the home opener, and b) el duque does not suffer a set back…





