Note: El Duque to Start in St. Lucie Tonight
Orlando Hernandez will make his first rehab start for Single-A St. Lucie Mets tonight at Tradition Field.
Before last night’s game, Orlando Hernandez told reporters he intends to make three minor-league rehab starts before rejoining the major-league club.
…so, as i said last night, 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…





