Injury: Martinez, Beltran, Maine, Delgado, Reyes
In case you missed it, here is a recap of Omar Minaya’s conference call with reporters from yesterday:
- Fernando Martinez had surgery to repair a torn meniscus in his right knee and will miss six to eight weeks.
- Carlos Beltran has not resumed baseball activities and he had another MRI during the All-Star Break which showed the same bone bruise in his knee.
- Jose Reyes has been showing improvement as he actually has no pain at the moment in his injured hamstring tendon, but there is no timetable for him to start playing in a rehabiliation assigment although he is working out in Port St. Lucie and took batting practice against John Maine yesterday.
- Speaking of Maine, he is expected to start a rehabilitation assignment in about a week.
- Carlos Delgado is fielding ground balls and swinging the bat in Port St. Lucie – which is what he was doing in New York prior to the All-Star Game.
…as Ted said yesterday, Minaya was very vague and my opinion is that he is not optimisitic about the return of most, if any of these key players…and what the Mets would get out of them, assuming any of them return, is another big question…





