Why does this organization consistently display total ineptitude when it comes to handling player injuries? It's a spring training game for chrissakes and you got a guy we need this year on a less than 100% knee busting his butt around 3rd to score a meaningless run during a meaningless game in March?!? How stupid are these guys? Can't help but wonder too if Wally Backman were manager if this would've happened because it's a huge blip for Terry Collins:
The Mets shut down Carlos Beltran for four to five days today after he was diagnosed with tendinitis in his left knee, two days after his Grapefruit League debut.
In January 2010, Beltran's right knee underwent microfracture surgery. He has been rehabbing from that surgery ever since. He shifted to right field earlier this spring to protect the troublesome joint.
Beltran missed the first eight games of the spring. He took three at-bats as a pinch-hitter and scored from second on a single.
Despite the setback, Mets manager Terry Collins remains outwardly optimistic. He said the team will remain vigilant in its plan to give Beltran a steady stream of at-bats after he returns to action. His work in the field will be minimal, but Collins believes he can adjust to right without much practice.
"I think you can get a player ready in 15 days," Collins said.
More later, when general manager Sandy Alderson arrives here.
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