Read: Dodgers and Mets at Odds over Reyes
In a must read report in the New York Times, David Waldstein and Michael Schmidt say that there is a “rift” between the Mets and Dodgers over Jose Reyes and his torn hamstring tendon.
During last Monday’s press conference at Citi Field, Jeff Wilpon said that the Dodgers team doctors incorrectly diagnosed his leg injury, calling it a calf injury when, in fact, the Dodgers say their team doctor, Dr. Neal ElAttrache, correctly diagnosed Reyes as having a partially torn hamstring accessory tendon.
Both ElAttrache and the Mets were in agreement that Reyes could attempt to play with the injury in hopes that the tear did not worsen.
…it boggles my mind that the Mets would continue to claim it was nothing more than a calf strain, but i guess this incident is one of many that wilpon said he would fix as part of the team’s ‘better communication’ of team injuries in 2010…
Last week, Adam Rubin of the Daily News sat down with Kiners Korner for a Q&A, and Rubin said, “Almost uniformly [players] said that they were pushed to play though injuries that would have landed them on the DL had they been with other organizations.”
…i just don’t know how this could go on with one of the cornerstone’s of the franchise in reyes, let alone anyone for that matter… if a physician diagnoses him with a torn hamstring tendon, why would the team attempt to mask the problem and have him run on it, not allowing it time to heal, let alone not operate at that point to get him back sooner and not further jeopardize his season and potentially his career… then again, the team still has not announced the date for surgery…
For more on this and the chronology of Reyes’ leg injury, check out the New York Times article.
