Carlos Beltran Will Not Require Surgery
ByThe Daily New’s Adam Rubin has finally provided us with some good news about the New York Mets. Some earlier reports were as bad as there was a chance that Carlos Beltran‘s career was in danger, but after a visit to knee specialist Dr. Richard Steadman he has concluded that Beltran merely has a bone bruise, will not require surgery, and should be able to come back after the All-Star Game.
…This is great news. Although I’ve been mildly impressed with Fernando Martinez (the all can’t be Doc Gooden) he is clearly not ready for the bigs and needs some seasoning in the minors. Beltran is needed in this lineup right now to come in and create a force in this lineup who can come in and help out David Wright. If this would have been bad news with the way the Mets have been going lately it would have been like sticking a fork in the Mets season as something as something they could not recover from
Trade wise it also makes the Mets look slightly less desperate and could help Omar make a deal for slightly less because this will be like acquiring a big bat right after the All-Star break with Carlos Delgado being a second big bat…
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[...] Posted on 01 July 2009 (26 seconds ago) by Sooze Nice catch, Fernando.The New York Mets have finally gotten some good news. The second opinion (from Dr. Richard Steadman) on Carlos Beltran’s hurt knee was the same as the Mets’ medical staff: no surgery required. The Gold Glove center fielder will be re-evaluated later on this week and will most likely still be resting the bone bruise through the All-Star break. Beltran had been playing through the pain most of the season before landing on the 15-day disabled list last week, batting .336 with eight bombs, 20 doubles, 40 RBIs and 11 stolen bases. Not bad for wincing.New York has been destroyed by injuries so far this season. Aside from Beltran, they’re missing J.J. Putz’s right elbow, Jose Reyes’ calf and hamstring, Carlos Delgado’s hip, Oliver Perez’s right knee, and John Maine’s right shoulder. Ouch.And it shows. The Mets lost 6-3 to the Milwaukee Brewers Tuesday night for their fifth straight loss, dropping to 37-39, 1.5 games behind the Florida Marlins in the NL East, but just 3 games behind the division-leading Philadelphia Phillies.”We just want to survive and then hope we’ve got reinforcements. We have a lot of things now that we think we can look forward to,” said manager Jerry Manuel. “The real key is that we survive and that they have no setbacks, then we will be getting somewhere.”Whatever that means.[AP] | [The Daily Stache] | [Mets Prospectus] [...]
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