Comments on: Health: Reyes Running, but Still not Close

By: Lorenzo23

Lorenzo23 — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 01:50:52 +0000

Hurry up back Jose!!!

By: Mets5rocks

Mets5rocks — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 23:23:46 +0000

lol

By: MetsLv31

MetsLv31 — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 23:21:53 +0000

Alex, I’m glad to see you made it through moderation. I missed your totally illogical thoughts, which by the way are much more valuable in all caps.

Keep up the good work.

By: Mets5rocks

Mets5rocks — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 22:52:40 +0000

Reyes has a tear in the Hamstring TENDON, NOT the Hamstring itself, a completely different ( and less serious injury.) However, while it might be okay for the average person to let the tendon heal on it’s own, it’s certainly not the best method for a professional athelete who does explosive moves with his legs routinely. Tendon tears typically require surgery to get them back to as strong as they were before. (Like Reyes needs it to be able to perform like he’s used to). Think of it kinda like a severely sprained ankle. Over time sure, the pain goes away, but as anybody who’s ever had a severely sprained ankle will tell you it’s considerably easier to re-injure that ankle from that point forward. In the end, I have a feeling that Reyes with end up having the surgery that will cost him the rest of the season now that they have dilly dallied around it for a month plus! If they would have just done the surgery weeks ago, probably would have been back by August at the latest.

By: ericloz

ericloz — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 21:19:31 +0000

Didn’t they say he will be out until the ASB?

That’s a few weeks away, isn’t it?

And he is resting, what do you want him to do? Wear a cast and be bed ridden for 2 months?

By: Patrick

Patrick — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 20:46:59 +0000

all due respect, you clearly have no sense of the player who went to Cleveland nor any of us who the PTBNL will be. Perez is not a bag of anything he was the Cardinals top rated pitching prospect.

By: Patrick

Patrick — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 20:45:34 +0000

I really have no problem with how they have approached this thus far other than he should have been dl’d the minute he felt pain back in May rather than the crazy shake it off a few dozen days method. Right now rest is the best thing for an injury to a leg muscle/tendon, the question really becomes will they look at it and say, the blood therapy worked the tendon is healing nicely and well enough to run on.

By: dave56dj

dave56dj — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 17:42:30 +0000

I’ve said it before…when a met doctor says “he will not make it any worse by running or playing” that is code for HE WILL MAKE IT WORSE.

A tear in the hamstring should be at least 8 weeks, no reason jose should even be jogging…sorry but this will blow up too. Reyes is needed for the long haul, once again I think they are pushing a player who is NOT READY. He is there young star who needs his legs…just tell us he is out 5 more weeks and REST HIM.

By: Mets5rocks

Mets5rocks — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 16:16:24 +0000

Sadly, that sounds about right to me.

By: stickguy

stickguy — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 14:21:05 +0000

Yeah, no confidence the mets medical people will have a clue, and get it right.

I am 95% certain that this wil llinger on until the ASB at least, then the Drs. will clear him, he will try to play, last 3 innings before “feeling” it, then have season ending surgery.